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Kang Liu (刘康)

3×3 one-handed · top 18.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010LIUK01

Kang Liu (刘康) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 19.40, set at Beijing Winter 2011, puts him in the top 18.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,891st in China. Across 2 competitions since November 2010, he has put 53 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 28.11 in November 2010 to 19.40, a 31% improvement. Kang has entered two competitions.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 18.9% of 73,695 all-time
19.40
signature single · Beijing Winter 2011
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed19.4026.74
top 18.9%1,891 / 5,922
3×314.8617.47
top 23.9%9,088 / 28,153
2×25.436.30
top 44.5%7,659 / 15,796

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

Wuhan Open 2010: 28.11Beijing Winter 2011: 19.4019.4028.1114 Nov 201015 Jan 2011

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.40 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.