People · China
Tian Qiu (邱天)
2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018QIUT02
Tian Qiu (邱天) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Hangzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 878th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2018, he has put 218 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.75 in July 2018 to 11.55, a 35% improvement. Tian has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 4.72 | top 6.2% | 878 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.82 | 6.93 | top 12.1% | 1,450 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.55 | 14.03 | top 12.3% | 4,870 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 13.04 | 15.47 | top 39.8% | 951 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.19 | 1:16.24 | top 39.8% | 3,862 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 41.67 | top 44.7% | 515 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:11.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 769 / 1,183 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Hefei Summer 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018First competition: Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018. A 17.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Urumqi Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018 · 8 Jul 2018
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.
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shenghai Fang (方胜海) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yunfan Li (李云帆) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.