People · Latvia
Imants Liepiņš
Skewb · top 0.71% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015LIEP02
Imants Liepiņš has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Võru Värk 2019, puts him in the top 0.71% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Latvia. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2015, he has put 1,179 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.83 in November 2015 to 7.29, a 59% improvement. Imants has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Latvia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.69 | 4.73 | top 0.71% | 2 / 117 | |
| 2×2 | 1.16 | 2.24 | top 0.92% | 4 / 237 | |
| 3×3 | 7.29 | 9.59 | top 1.7% | 7 / 309 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.98 | 16.93 | top 2.9% | 6 / 113 | |
| 4×4 | 35.47 | 42.32 | top 7.1% | 11 / 112 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.47 | 1:08.58 | top 12.3% | 8 / 73 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.56 | 1:22.31 | top 15.0% | 14 / 74 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | — | top 17.4% | 8 / 42 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 13.24 | top 20.1% | 52 / 185 | |
| Clock | 13.68 | 14.75 | top 42.5% | 28 / 60 | |
| Square-1 | 32.43 | 1:12.11 | top 54.0% | 23 / 48 |
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
- 23 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Latvian Open 2018.
- 28 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Riga Open 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Riga Special 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018Five personal bests in one day at Kaunas Open 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017Six personal bests in one day at Tartu Open 2017.
- 4 Nov 2017Six personal bests in one day at Latvian Open 2017.
Competitions
- Vilnius Open 2021 · 7 Aug 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Latvian Open 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sigulda Open 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Võru Värk 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaunas Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Latvian Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Sigulda Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Riga Open 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Pärnu Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Riga Special 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaunas Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Latvian Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Riga Open 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Šiauliai-Tilžė Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Sigulda Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Latvian Open 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Vilnius Open 2016 · 17 Sep 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Lithuanian Open 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Riga Open 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Latvian Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Jēkabs Janovs — met in 170 rounds, finished ahead 137 times
- Jānis Zirnis — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 124 times
- Vladislavs Baranovs — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.