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Shiqiang Sang (桑世强)

Pyraminx · top 11.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016SANG03

Shiqiang Sang (桑世强) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.67, set at Luoyang Open 2017, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,335th in China. Across 17 competitions since November 2016, he has put 463 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.59 in November 2016 to 11.56, a 53% improvement. Shiqiang has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 11.2% of 129,321 all-time
4.67
signature single · Luoyang Open 2017
463
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx4.677.62
top 11.2%1,335 / 10,224
3×311.5614.43
top 12.4%4,884 / 28,153
Skewb4.8110.42
top 16.7%1,032 / 5,004
2×23.265.00
top 17.3%2,791 / 15,796
4×445.1949.71
top 18.5%2,009 / 5,926
5×51:41.921:51.74
top 36.8%1,662 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed26.8532.76
top 39.0%3,617 / 5,922
Megaminx2:15.522:29.98
top 54.0%1,373 / 1,678
6×64:23.09
early days — 2 solves1,214 / 1,349
7×76:45.91
early days — 1 solve1,159 / 1,261

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

XJTU Open 2016: 24.59Xi'an New Year 2017: 23.71ZUA Open 2017: 26.40Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 21.25Lanzhou Spring 2017: 24.33Weihai Open 2017: 18.74Luoyang Open 2017: 15.26XPU Open 2017: 21.85Lanzhou Open 2018: 16.85Baoji Open 2018: 14.69Shenyang Summer 2018: 16.58Xi'an Open 2018: 13.97Xianyang Open 2019: 12.87Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 13.07Lanzhou Spring 2019: 12.09Baoji Open 2019: 13.64Xi'an New Year 2020: 11.5611.5626.4027 Nov 20161 Jan 2020

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.