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Rafael Qiu Peng

3×3 · top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017PENG11

Rafael Qiu Peng has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.06, set at Panama Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Panama. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 99 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.98 in September 2017 to 11.06, a 21% improvement. Rafael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.06
signature single · Panama Nationals 2023
99
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPanama
3×311.0613.76
top 10.7%34 / 278
3×3 one-handed20.4427.87
top 21.7%23 / 77
2×25.176.62
top 41.4%91 / 192
Pyraminx9.3614.30
top 47.9%54 / 110
4×41:45.051:59.40
top 73.9%64 / 71

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Panamá Open 2017: 13.98Panama Open V2 2017: 12.79Panama Nationals 2023: 11.0611.0613.9830 Sep 201711 Aug 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.