People · China
Lian Tao (陶立安)
3×3 · top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016TAOL01
Lian Tao (陶立安) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.26, set at China Championship 2017, puts her in the top 5.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,182nd in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2016, she has put 132 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 4 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.79 in March 2016 to 9.26, a 45% improvement. Lian 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.26 | 11.02 | top 5.5% | 2,182 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.12 | 7.38 | top 8.3% | 1,005 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.62 | 23.66 | top 11.7% | 1,171 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 4.25 | 8.41 | top 12.7% | 782 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 43.23 | 47.57 | top 16.1% | 1,780 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,057 / 1,693 | |
| 2×2 | 5.58 | 6.11 | top 46.3% | 8,031 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 15.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,161 / 1,887 |
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
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.26 at China Championship 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.00 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016.
- 5 Mar 2016First competition: Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016. A 16.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dongguan Open 2017 · 22 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016 · 5 Mar 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 her.
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Xianqian Zou (邹贤谦) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as she improves.