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Zhi Qiao (乔智)

3×3 blindfolded · top 3.0% of 12,178 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009QIAO03

Zhi Qiao (乔智) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 25.30, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in China. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since November 2009, he has put 216 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 2:49.96 in November 2009 to 25.30, an 85% improvement. Zhi has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 3.0% of 12,178 all-time
25.30
signature single · Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019
216
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded25.3031.06
top 3.0%45 / 1,183
3×311.8614.05
top 13.4%5,294 / 28,153
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 17 cubes · 58:44—
top 15.4%44 / 278
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves—
top 20.4%216 / 1,058
Pyraminx7.7111.59
top 33.8%3,711 / 10,224
2×26.277.32
top 53.6%9,113 / 15,796
4×41:17.551:26.03
top 53.9%4,727 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed33.4741.88
top 54.3%4,561 / 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

Harbin Open 2009: 2:49.96Changchun Open 2010: 1:34.59ChangChun 2010: 54.15Yingkou Open 2011: 1:31.27Dalian Winter 2017: 43.95Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017: 56.00Fushun Open 2018: 46.17Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 29.59Beijing Open 2018: 33.69Dalian Open 2018: 27.09Harbin Open 2018: 36.38Shenyang Open 2018: 32.10Please Be Quiet Beijing 2018: 34.41Shenyang Summer 2018: 37.41China Championship 2018: 32.69Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 56.46Xiamen Open 2018: 28.86Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 35.44Wuhan Open 2019: 31.59Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 25.30Shenyang Open 2023: 52.76Shenyang Spring 2024: 46.30Guangzhou Quiet Day 2024: 35.43Please Be Quiet Beijing 2024: 34.19Please Be Quiet Shanghai 2025: 28.14Harbin Open 2025: 25.87Guangzhou 3x3 Quiet Day 2025: 1:07.52Shenyang Autumn 2025: 30.24Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 30.17Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 27.08Beijing Spring Open 2026: 28.83Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 29.76Deqing Big & Blind 2026: 32.72Please Be Quiet Hefei 2026: 25.66Please Don't DNF Beijing 2026: 25.82Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 III 2026: 30.92Jiajiang Open 2026: 29.81Hefei August Open 2026: 33.4925.302:49.968 Nov 200915 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. 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-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.