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Tao Liu (刘涛)

3×3 · top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LIUT02

Tao Liu (刘涛) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.63, set at Baoji Open 2019, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,643rd in China. Across 1 competition since August 2019, he has put 21 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.63
signature single · Baoji Open 2019
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.6314.76
top 19.7%7,643 / 28,153
4×456.601:06.32
top 32.6%3,268 / 5,926
2×24.785.97
top 36.5%6,298 / 15,796
5×52:17.14
early days — 2 solves2,345 / 2,816

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 story so far

  • 11 Aug 2019First competition: Baoji Open 2019. A 13.83 3×3 single to start from.

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 6.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.