People · China
Zheng Qiao (乔政)
3×3 · top 8.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018QIAO09
Zheng Qiao (乔政) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.48, set at Suzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,548th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2018, he has put 278 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.28 in November 2018 to 10.48, a 39% improvement. Zheng has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.48 | 15.35 | top 8.9% | 3,548 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 4.07 | 10.71 | top 11.4% | 684 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.24 | 22.68 | top 18.5% | 1,886 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.82 | 8.56 | top 18.7% | 2,177 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.87 | 5.27 | top 24.9% | 4,233 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 41.67 | early days — 3 solves | 328 / 1,071 | |
| 4×4 | 56.42 | 59.58 | top 32.5% | 3,302 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.37 | 1:47.79 | top 35.0% | 1,045 / 1,693 | |
| Square-1 | 30.78 | 35.56 | top 50.9% | 885 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.65 | — | top 57.1% | 2,317 / 2,857 |
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
- 4 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2019.
- 1 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Spring 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Yancheng Spring 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.27 at Hefei Spring 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018First competition: Nanjing Autumn 2018. A 17.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhu Open 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
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.
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mingzhi Da (达明志) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Wei Dong (董唯) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.