People · China
Liping Jia (贾立平)
3×3 one-handed · top 4.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010JIAL01
Liping Jia (贾立平) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.25, set at Beijing Winter Open 2013, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 429th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since May 2010, he has put 661 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.71 in May 2010 to 9.08, a 38% improvement. Liping has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 one-handed | 13.25 | 18.04 | top 4.8% | 429 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 9.08 | 11.82 | top 5.1% | 1,933 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 37.67 | — | top 6.2% | 103 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 19 of 25 cubes · 1:00:00 | — | top 11.9% | 36 / 278 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.59 | top 15.3% | 2,436 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 4:43.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 38 / 149 | |
| 4×4 | 46.97 | 51.56 | top 20.8% | 2,237 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.45 | 1:47.30 | top 37.2% | 1,677 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 5:20.18 | 5:26.47 | early days — 3 solves | 976 / 1,261 |
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
- 16 Feb 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.08 at Xining Winter Open 2014.
- 10 Aug 2013Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2013.
- 12 May 2013Three personal bests in one day at BUAA Open 2013.
- 12 Aug 2012Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2012.
- 19 May 2012Four personal bests in one day at China Tourism Day 2012.
- 9 May 2010First competition: Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010. A 17.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2015 · 16 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin University Open 2015 · 26 Apr 2015
- Beijing Summer Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014
- Beijing Spring 2014 · 19 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2014 · 7 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- LanZhou Winter 2014 · 18 Feb 2014
- Xining Winter Open 2014 · 16 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter Open 2013 · 21 Dec 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- TUT 2013 · 17 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- BUAA Open 2013 · 12 May 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Open 2013 · 30 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin Winter 2012 · 23 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2012 · 12 Aug 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- China Tourism Day 2012 · 19 May 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Human Rights Day 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- ShenYang Open 2011 · 4 Oct 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Xining Summer Open 2011 · 6 Aug 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 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.
- Hongye Sun (孙虹烨) — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.