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Shicheng Qiu (丘仕铖)

3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2010 · 2010QIUS01

Shicheng Qiu (丘仕铖) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at China Championship 2015, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,034th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since October 2010, he has put 397 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.97 in October 2010 to 10.11, a 22% improvement. Shicheng has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.11
signature single · China Championship 2015
397
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.1111.77
top 7.8%3,034 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.8422.48
top 12.2%1,190 / 5,922
4×440.9649.21
top 13.2%1,433 / 5,926
2×24.025.21
top 26.7%4,520 / 15,796
Megaminx1:44.842:07.83
top 37.5%1,096 / 1,678
Square-126.9537.00
top 43.4%746 / 1,362
5×51:57.262:11.27
top 47.6%2,028 / 2,816
Pyraminx9.6610.99
top 50.3%5,290 / 10,224
Skewb9.5313.95
top 52.0%2,908 / 5,004
Clock20.29
early days — 2 solves1,445 / 1,843

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

Guangdong Open 2010: 12.97Guangzhou Winter 2011: 16.63Changsha Spring 2012: 11.33Guangdong Open 2013: 10.28Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 11.85Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014: 11.43Huizhou Open 2014: 10.96Guangdong Open 2014: 10.37Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 10.61Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 11.36Shenzhen Open 2015: 11.79Huizhou Open 2015: 11.18Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 10.93China Championship 2015: 10.11Shenzhen New Year 2016: 10.61Shantou Open 2016: 11.99Huizhou Open 2018: 11.03Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 13.6210.1116.633 Oct 201028 Jul 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.