People · Hong Kong, China
Yi Qian (钱奕)
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014QIAN04
Yi Qian (钱奕) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Wuxi Open 2017, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 183rd in Hong Kong, China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2014, he has put 538 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.75 in August 2014 to 9.93, a 41% improvement. Yi has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.93 | 12.91 | top 7.3% | 183 / 1,347 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.75 | 19.85 | top 9.7% | 58 / 361 | |
| Skewb | 3.89 | 5.63 | top 10.1% | 39 / 285 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 4.85 | top 13.7% | 166 / 855 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.17 | 10.93 | top 14.2% | 91 / 431 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.20 | 1:43.45 | top 26.6% | 92 / 192 | |
| 4×4 | 52.44 | 57.17 | top 27.7% | 189 / 423 | |
| Clock | 14.85 | 20.51 | top 47.3% | 101 / 156 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 65 / 76 | |
| Megaminx | 3:16.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 143 / 154 |
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
- 5 Aug 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Wuxi Open 2017.
- 5 Nov 2016Five personal bests in one day at Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016Five personal bests in one day at Shanghai Spring 2016.
- 31 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2015.
- 1 May 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Nanjing Spring 2015.
- 1 May 2015Six personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2015.
Competitions
- Lexington Feet Fest 2019 · 31 Dec 2019
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Changshu Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017
- UMass ODS Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014 · 9 Aug 2014
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wei Ji (季炜) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.