People · China
Wenjie Qi (齐文杰)
Skewb · top 7.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015QIWE01
Wenjie Qi (齐文杰) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.43, set at Nanjing Spring 2018, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 407th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2015, he has put 239 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.97 in May 2015 to 10.35, a 42% improvement. Wenjie has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.43 | 5.29 | top 7.3% | 407 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 12.52 | top 8.5% | 3,327 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 5.24 | top 10.2% | 1,549 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 44.14 | 52.70 | top 17.2% | 1,860 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.20 | 1:46.89 | top 33.2% | 1,501 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 4:02.38 | 4:29.71 | early days — 3 solves | 1,149 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,543 / 5,922 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Crewe Favourites 2025.
- 24 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.22 at Nanjing Autumn 2015.
- 24 Oct 2015Five personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2015.
- 1 May 2015First competition: Nanjing Spring 2015. A 17.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Crewe Favourites 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Manchester June 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Crewe Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Manchester Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015
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.
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joel Keenan — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Billie Hammill — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.