Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Xiaowen Qiu (邱晓雯)

People · China

Xiaowen Qiu (邱晓雯)

3×3 · top 34.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008QIUX01

Xiaowen Qiu (邱晓雯) has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.05, set at Guangdong Open 2010, puts her in the top 34.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,269th in China. Across 4 competitions since October 2008, she has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 45.68 in October 2008 to 18.05, a 60% improvement. Xiaowen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.3% of 284,439 all-time
18.05
signature single · Guangdong Open 2010
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.0521.23
top 34.3%12,269 / 28,153
2×220.3428.48
top 95.8%15,159 / 15,796

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 2008: 45.68Guangdong Open 2009: 22.61Guangdong Open 2010: 18.05Guangdong Open 2014: 23.2318.0545.681 Oct 20081 Oct 2014

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.05 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as she improves.