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Liangtao Song (宋粱涛)

3×3 · top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016SONG06

Liangtao Song (宋粱涛) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.22, set at Beijing Open 2017, puts him in the top 18.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,119th in China. Across 10 competitions since May 2016, he has put 156 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.19 in May 2016 to 13.22, a 50% improvement. Liangtao has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.22
signature single · Beijing Open 2017
156
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.2214.95
top 18.2%7,119 / 28,153
2×23.737.37
top 23.1%3,835 / 15,796
Pyraminx7.0211.18
top 28.0%3,129 / 10,224

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

Tangshan Open 2016: 26.19Asian Championship 2016: 15.52Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 17.29Tangshan Open 2017: 13.86Beijing Open 2017: 13.22Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 15.61Beijing Open 2018: 14.15Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 14.66Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 14.75Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 14.8313.2226.198 May 201630 Jun 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.