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Zhiyu Qian (钱治宇)

Skewb · top 12.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018QIAN15

Zhiyu Qian (钱治宇) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.27, set at Zhangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 777th in China. Across 12 competitions since December 2018, he has put 221 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.00 in December 2018 to 17.19, a 49% improvement. Zhiyu has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 12.8% of 73,281 all-time
4.27
signature single · Zhangzhou Open 2026
221
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb4.275.57
top 12.8%777 / 5,004
2×23.096.02
top 15.3%2,436 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.698.25
top 17.7%2,045 / 10,224
3×317.1919.76
top 31.6%11,500 / 28,153
Megaminx1:40.151:52.48
top 34.7%1,026 / 1,678
4×41:01.86
top 38.5%3,752 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed27.6740.40
top 41.1%3,761 / 5,922
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves
early days — 1 solve916 / 1,058

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

Zhengzhou Open 2018: 34.00Anyang Open 2019: 26.74Longyan Open 2019: 22.24Xinxiang Open 2019: 18.14Luoyang Open 2019: 21.02Beijing Spring PM 2021: 17.19Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 18.43Quangang Morning 2025: 17.52Fuzhou Open 2026: 18.23Zhangzhou Open 2026: 19.2917.1934.002 Dec 201827 Jun 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.