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Anpeng Liu (刘安鹏)

3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013LIUA02

Anpeng Liu (刘安鹏) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.71, set at Qinhuangdao Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,753rd in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since December 2013, he has put 397 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.06 in December 2013 to 10.71, a 51% improvement. Anpeng has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.71
signature single · Qinhuangdao Open 2018
397
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.7113.73
top 9.6%3,753 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.087.61
top 13.7%1,621 / 10,224
4×444.0250.68
top 17.1%1,843 / 5,926
2×23.305.00
top 17.8%2,874 / 15,796
Megaminx1:21.841:29.29
top 23.0%697 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed20.9327.75
top 23.1%2,297 / 5,922
Skewb6.799.57
top 32.0%1,955 / 5,004
3×3 blindfolded2:01.64
top 34.0%480 / 1,183
5×51:47.201:58.37
top 40.7%1,816 / 2,816

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

Shenyang Open 2013: 22.06Harbin Open 2014: 20.41Nanjing Spring 2015: 17.41Zhenjiang Open 2015: 14.92Shenyang Spring 2017: 13.08Fushun Open 2018: 13.67Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 10.71Dalian Open 2018: 13.13Shenyang Open 2018: 14.86Shenyang Summer 2018: 13.04Shenyang New Year 2019: 11.32Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 12.09Dalian Spring 2019: 12.87Shenyang Open 2019: 11.42NEU Open 2019: 12.06Shenyang Open 2023: 13.53Fushun Open 2024: 12.68Shenyang Spring 2024: 14.6910.7122.0629 Dec 20135 Apr 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.