Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Yu Qiao (乔羽)

People · China

Yu Qiao (乔羽)

Pyraminx · top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016QIAO06

Yu Qiao (乔羽) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.72, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 321st in China. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2016, he has put 95 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Yu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time
2.72
signature single · China Championship 2017
95
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx2.726.05
top 2.8%321 / 10,224
3×38.3710.55
top 3.5%1,296 / 28,153
2×23.524.36
top 20.5%3,354 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed20.1425.76
top 20.8%2,076 / 5,922

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

Asian Championship 2016: 9.05China Championship 2017: 10.18China Championship 2018: 8.378.3710.181 Oct 20162 Oct 2018

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.