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Zhuoting Qu (屈卓廷)

5×5 · top 3.0% of 41,402 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017QUZH02

Zhuoting Qu (屈卓廷) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 53.76, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 41,402 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in China. Until August 2012, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2017, he has put 384 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.75 in October 2017 to 9.56, a 54% improvement. Zhuoting has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 3.0% of 41,402 all-time
53.76
signature single · Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026
384
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
5×553.761:07.75
top 3.0%136 / 2,857
3×39.5611.65
top 6.3%2,486 / 28,499
4×434.9539.49
top 6.7%694 / 5,999
2×22.303.55
top 7.1%1,017 / 15,939
6×61:53.511:59.09
top 8.6%195 / 1,363
Pyraminx4.686.83
top 11.3%1,371 / 10,269
Megaminx1:02.381:08.08
top 11.3%317 / 1,693
7×73:06.163:14.34
top 12.2%246 / 1,274
Skewb4.538.77
top 14.8%916 / 5,030
3×3 one-handed19.6023.09
top 19.5%1,994 / 5,994

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

China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 20.75Dongguan Open 2018: 24.15Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 18.94Shenzhen Open 2018: 15.92Shenzhen Good Morning 2020: 13.61Shenyang Open 2023: 10.20Shenyang Spring 2024: 12.44Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 9.56Dalian Open 2024: 11.22Shenyang Spring 2025: 9.89Shenyang Autumn 2025: 10.21Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 10.65Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 11.00Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 11.769.5624.151 Oct 20171 Oct 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-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 3.76 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.