People · China
Zirui Qiao (乔梓锐)
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 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 6.77, set at Jiangmen Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 398th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 54 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 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Zirui has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 6.77 | 7.80 | top 1.1% | 398 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.45 | top 5.4% | 758 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,394 / 5,926 |
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
- 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.
- Cheung Yi Cing (張意珵) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yuheng Luo (罗御恒) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.