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Qiang Gao (高强)

3×3 · top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015GAOQ01

Qiang Gao (高强) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.96, set at Jinan Open 2017, puts him in the top 20.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,046th in China. Across 5 competitions since November 2015, he has put 64 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.77 in November 2015 to 13.96, a 39% improvement. Qiang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.96
signature single · Jinan Open 2017
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.9616.10
top 20.8%8,046 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed27.1730.31
top 39.8%3,680 / 5,922
2×25.316.30
top 43.1%7,429 / 15,796
4×41:08.50
top 45.4%4,236 / 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 line so far

Zibo Open 2015: 22.77Weifang Winter 2016: 16.28Jinan Open 2017: 13.96Heze Open 2019: 14.41Shandong Open 2019: 15.0713.9622.7715 Nov 20154 Oct 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 1.96 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 2.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.