People · China
Yaowu Qu (瞿耀午)
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024QUYA01
Yaowu Qu (瞿耀午) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.36, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 631st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2024, he has put 167 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.61 in August 2024 to 7.36, a 46% improvement. Yaowu has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.36 | 9.52 | top 1.8% | 631 / 28,153 |
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
- 25 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Lishui Open 2025.
- 25 Aug 2024First competition: Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024. A 13.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Weihai Open 2026 · 5 Jul 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Qixian Cao (曹岂娴) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.