People · China
Kanglai Liu (刘康来)
2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIUK03
Kanglai Liu (刘康来) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,000th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since August 2016, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 4.82 | top 7.0% | 1,000 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.51 | 13.27 | top 12.2% | 4,804 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.43 | 21.47 | top 21.6% | 2,154 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,837 / 5,926 |
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 story so far
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Xi'an Open 2016. A 12.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 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.
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Lei He (贺雷) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xin Shi (石欣) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.