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Qiang Liu (刘强)

3×3 · top 24.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LIUQ04

Qiang Liu (刘强) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.05, set at Longyan Open 2019, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,276th in China. Across 2 competitions since August 2018, he has put 14 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.64 in August 2018 to 15.05, a 34% improvement. Qiang has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 24.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.05
signature single · Longyan Open 2019
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.0521.78
top 24.6%9,276 / 28,153
4×41:25.87
early days — 2 solves5,052 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed45.86
early days — 2 solves5,428 / 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

Longyan Open 2018: 22.64Longyan Open 2019: 15.0515.0522.645 Aug 201821 Jul 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 25.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.