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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.

Skewb
best event — top 0.71% of 73,281 all-time
1.69
signature single · Võru Värk 2019
1,179
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
Skewb1.694.73
top 0.71%2 / 117
2×21.162.24
top 0.92%4 / 237
3×37.299.59
top 1.7%7 / 309
3×3 one-handed11.9816.93
top 2.9%6 / 113
4×435.4742.32
top 7.1%11 / 112
Megaminx1:04.471:08.58
top 12.3%8 / 73
5×51:14.561:22.31
top 15.0%14 / 74
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves
top 17.4%8 / 42
Pyraminx6.0113.24
top 20.1%52 / 185
Clock13.6814.75
top 42.5%28 / 60
Square-132.431:12.11
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

Latvian Open 2015: 17.83Riga Open 2016: 15.31Lithuanian Open 2016: 12.83Vilnius Open 2016: 11.94Latvian Open 2016: 11.00Sigulda Open 2017: 11.61Šiauliai-Tilžė Open 2017: 9.91Riga Open 2017: 10.53Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017: 10.29Latvian Open 2017: 9.99Tartu Open 2017: 9.59Kaunas Open 2018: 9.21Riga Special 2018: 9.10Pärnu Open 2018: 9.72Riga Open 2018: 8.97Sigulda Open 2018: 9.00Latvian Open 2018: 8.24Kaunas Open 2019: 8.49Võru Värk 2019: 7.96Sigulda Open 2019: 7.29Latvian Open 2019: 9.28Vilnius Open 2021: 8.367.2917.837 Nov 20157 Aug 2021

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-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.