People · China
Gang Liu (刘罡)
Pyraminx · top 29.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016LIUG02
Gang Liu (刘罡) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at Taiyuan Winter 2018, puts him in the top 29.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,271st in China. Across 6 competitions since November 2016, he has put 106 official solves on the record across six 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 24.18 in November 2016 to 20.04, a 17% improvement. Gang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.22 | 8.33 | top 29.7% | 3,271 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.03 | 33.91 | top 34.3% | 3,265 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 7.65 | 9.21 | top 38.7% | 2,304 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 20.04 | 23.89 | top 40.0% | 13,746 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.26 | 8.19 | top 42.5% | 7,339 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:24.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 827 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Winter 2019.
- 20 Nov 2016First competition: Taiyuan Winter Open 2016. A 24.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiyuan Winter 2019 · 22 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016
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.
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jiacheng Yin (殷嘉程) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.