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Yi Qu (曲熠)

Pyraminx · top 5.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021QUYI01

Yi Qu (曲熠) has been competing for 5 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.54, set at Dalian Open 2024, puts her in the top 5.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 667th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since March 2021, she has put 723 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.65 in March 2021 to 9.98, a 36% improvement. Yi has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.6% of 129,321 all-time
3.54
signature single · Dalian Open 2024
723
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.545.11
top 5.6%667 / 10,224
Clock5.676.24
top 6.2%121 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded38.5555.20
top 6.4%109 / 1,183
3×39.9811.64
top 7.4%2,888 / 28,153
Skewb4.416.68
top 13.8%835 / 5,004
Megaminx1:09.461:12.40
top 15.3%446 / 1,678
4×443.3347.25
top 16.2%1,754 / 5,926
2×23.184.78
top 16.4%2,628 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed19.6824.99
top 19.6%1,965 / 5,922
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 11 cubes · 46:57—
top 26.8%70 / 278
Square-119.7325.78
top 27.4%459 / 1,362
5×51:34.031:39.90
top 30.7%1,390 / 2,816

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

Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021: 15.65Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 16.32Wuhan Open 2021: 15.22Chongqing Open 2023: 13.70Shenyang Open 2023: 11.48Changsha Open 2023: 10.61Luoyang Spring 2024: 12.98Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 12.04Zibo Open 2024: 10.99Guiyang Open 2024: 12.37Tianjin Open 2024: 12.02Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 12.55Chengdu Summer 2024: 12.12Dalian Open 2024: 12.36Guilin Open 2024: 13.21Harbin Open 2024: 10.79Yancheng Open 2024: 11.37Beijing Winter 2025: 10.86Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 11.31Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 11.69Shenyang Spring 2025: 10.98Nanchang Spring 2025: 10.04Beijing Summer 2025: 12.05Yunnan Open 2025: 12.48Harbin Open 2025: 12.49Quangang Afternoon 2025: 13.39Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 11.79Hangzhou Winter 2025: 9.98Beijing Winter 2026: 12.18Xianju Special 2026: 11.97Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 11.52Quanzhou Summer 2026: 11.98Huanggang Open 2026: 11.41Nanning Open 2026: 12.45Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 10.969.9816.3228 Mar 202129 Aug 2026

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as she improves.