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Ruiyi Qiu (邱瑞熠)

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018QIUR01

Ruiyi Qiu (邱瑞熠) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,809th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 156 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.00 in July 2018 to 9.91, a 42% improvement. Ruiyi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.91
signature single · Tianjin Open 2024
156
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.9111.55
top 7.2%2,809 / 28,153
Skewb5.206.74
top 19.7%1,221 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed19.9122.12
top 20.2%2,016 / 5,922
2×23.735.09
top 23.1%3,835 / 15,796
4×450.511:05.94
top 25.4%2,689 / 5,926
Pyraminx7.9811.71
top 36.0%3,920 / 10,224

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

Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018: 17.00Meizhou Open 2018: 15.85Jiujiang Open 2018: 13.82China Championship 2018: 12.65Tianjin Open 2024: 9.919.9117.008 Jul 20181 Jun 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.