People · China
Caiqing Tang (汤才庆)
2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012TANG07
Caiqing Tang (汤才庆) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.00, set at Nanchang Open 2013, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 656th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2012, he has put 503 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.46 in August 2012 to 2.00, a 69% improvement. Caiqing has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.45 | top 4.7% | 656 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.98 | 10.74 | top 4.8% | 1,836 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.72 | 15.61 | top 5.6% | 524 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 40.03 | 45.91 | top 12.2% | 1,310 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.54 | 1:30.78 | top 22.8% | 1,088 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 3:57.14 | 4:10.58 | top 29.6% | 582 / 1,261 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.25 | 11.07 | top 29.9% | 3,296 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 369 / 1,058 | |
| 6×6 | 2:46.33 | 2:54.59 | top 34.2% | 716 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 14.02 | 15.78 | top 74.8% | 3,876 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:32.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,140 / 1,183 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Jul 2015Six personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2015.
- 13 Jul 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Hefei Summer Open 2014.
- 13 Jul 2014Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Summer Open 2014.
- 1 May 2014Seven personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 27 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Open 2013.
- 27 Jul 2013Seven personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2013.
Competitions
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer Open 2014 · 13 Jul 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 7 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2013 · 27 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2013 · 27 Jul 2013 — 7 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanjing Winter 2012 · 25 Nov 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2012 · 5 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Jingyuan Chen (陈静远) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.