People · China
Tao Liao (廖涛)
3×3 · top 23.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LIAO11
Tao Liao (廖涛) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.86, set at Chengdu Winter 2019, puts him in the top 23.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,088th in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 44 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Tao 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.86 | 17.47 | top 23.9% | 9,088 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.26 | 5.60 | top 29.8% | 5,109 / 15,796 |
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: 14.86 at Chengdu Winter 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Winter 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Ningxia Open 2018. A 16.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Winter 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Winter Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jianshun Zhang (张建舜) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinyan Liu (刘心妍) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.86 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.