People · China
Qiang Liu (刘强)
Pyraminx · top 47.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011LIUQ01
Qiang Liu (刘强) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.31, set at Taiyuan Open 2013, puts him in the top 47.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,070th in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2011, he has put 46 official solves on the record across five events. Qiang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 9.31 | 18.42 | top 47.5% | 5,070 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 26.68 | 27.88 | top 56.3% | 17,777 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 6.58 | 8.38 | top 56.8% | 9,718 / 15,939 | |
| Megaminx | 3:08.02 | 3:31.72 | top 77.1% | 1,598 / 1,693 | |
| Clock | 32.30 | 46.82 | top 87.1% | 1,772 / 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
- 19 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Open 2013.
- 21 May 2011First competition: Taiyuan 2011. A 28.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiyuan Open 2013 · 19 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2012 · 19 May 2012
- Taiyuan 2011 · 21 May 2011
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.
- Weichen Wang (王炜琛) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yefeng Hu (胡叶枫) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.