People · China
Zirui Qiao (乔梓锐)
3×3 · top 0.33% of 289,612 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025QIAO11
Zirui Qiao (乔梓锐) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.69, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 289,612 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 138th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 79 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 6.77 in August 2025 to 5.69, a 16% improvement. Zirui has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 5.69 | 7.34 | top 0.33% | 138 / 28,751 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.08 | top 5.5% | 779 / 16,060 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,463 / 6,003 |
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
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: Jiangmen Open 2025. A 6.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
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.
- Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ziqiao Lin (林子乔) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 356 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,105 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.
Your career, on a tee
His best official average, every solve of it, sorted the way the scorecard sorts them. Printed from the official results, no name on it. Tee, sweatshirt, hoodie or mug →