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Liwen Tang (汤利文)

3×3 · top 27.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012TANG04

Liwen Tang (汤利文) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.94, set at Shanghai Summer 2013, puts him in the top 27.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,255th in China. Across 2 competitions since July 2012, he has put 11 official solves on the record across three events. Liwen has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 27.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.94
signature single · Shanghai Summer 2013
11
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.9417.35
top 27.6%10,255 / 28,153
4×41:15.61
early days — 2 solves4,639 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed35.53
early days — 2 solves4,781 / 5,922

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

Shanghai Summer 2012: 17.21Shanghai Summer 2013: 15.9415.9417.2121 Jul 20123 Aug 2013

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 15.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.