People · China
Yitian Qiu (邱义天)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021QIUY01
Yitian Qiu (邱义天) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Beijing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,365th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2021, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.34 in April 2021 to 8.45, a 56% improvement. Yitian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.45 | 10.47 | top 3.6% | 1,365 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.20 | top 12.4% | 1,941 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 45.60 | 52.07 | top 19.1% | 2,074 / 5,926 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.16 at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 4 Apr 2021First competition: Beijing Spring AM 2021. A 19.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021
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 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yilin Zhao (赵奕麟) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.