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Shi-Xun Qiu (邱世勳)

3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011QIUS01

Shi-Xun Qiu (邱世勳) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.18, set at Hsinchu Spring Open 2014, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 487th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2011, he has put 439 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.28 in April 2011 to 10.18, a 54% improvement. He has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.18
signature single · Hsinchu Spring Open 2014
439
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×310.1813.05
top 8.0%487 / 4,213
4×441.3545.61
top 13.7%304 / 1,078
3×3 one-handed17.8021.37
top 14.6%198 / 802
2×23.065.10
top 14.9%395 / 1,669
5×51:15.451:24.15
top 15.7%220 / 639
6×62:32.862:41.93
top 27.1%136 / 292
7×74:13.304:27.33
top 35.4%144 / 252
3×3 blindfolded4:05.68
top 69.4%113 / 147
Square-12:20.11
early days — 2 solves321 / 323

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

Taiwan Spring Open 2011: 22.28Taipei Open 2011: 15.31Taiwan Winter 2012: 16.11Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 12.18Magic Revenge 2012: 11.66Taiwan Winter Open 2013: 12.27Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 11.75Hsinchu Spring Open 2014: 10.18Hsinchu Winter Open 2014: 12.42Hsinchu Spring Open 2015: 12.55Hsinchu Summer Open 2015: 10.99Taiwan Championship 2016: 12.35Hsinchu Winter Open 2018: 12.1210.1822.282 Apr 20114 Feb 2018

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 0.18 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.