People · China
Qing Tao (陶晴)
3×3 · top 20.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019TAOQ01
Qing Tao (陶晴) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.77, set at Kunshan Open 2024, puts her in the top 20.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,979th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2019, she has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 18.17 in August 2019 to 13.77, a 24% improvement. Qing has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 13.77 | 15.33 | top 20.2% | 7,979 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.01 | 8.46 | top 28.0% | 3,160 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 4.70 | 5.55 | top 35.6% | 6,189 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.86 | — | top 50.5% | 2,147 / 2,857 |
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
- 9 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.59 at Hangzhou Autumn 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Autumn 2019.
- 4 Aug 2019First competition: Suzhou Open 2019. A 18.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
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 her.
- Tiancai Zhu (朱田才) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Lei Zhang (张磊) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as she improves.