People · China
Xuanwei Liang (梁轩玮)
Skewb · top 1.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIAN17
Xuanwei Liang (梁轩玮) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Hangzhou Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in China. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2016, he has put 507 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.67 in August 2016 to 8.85, a 47% improvement. Xuanwei has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.93 | 3.41 | top 1.2% | 54 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.24 | 3.34 | top 1.6% | 186 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 1.49 | 2.87 | top 2.1% | 246 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 31.64 | 42.19 | top 3.9% | 379 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 10.63 | top 4.5% | 1,724 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 35.67 | top 12.2% | 122 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.32 | 20.72 | top 13.4% | 1,333 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.82 | 1:22.51 | top 16.7% | 815 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.71 | 1:18.90 | top 18.5% | 556 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 17.45 | 19.07 | top 22.0% | 355 / 1,362 | |
| 7×7 | 3:45.91 | 3:58.69 | early days — 3 solves | 514 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 11.31 | 12.84 | top 31.6% | 748 / 1,843 |
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
- 3 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2019.
- 18 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at Hangzhou Open 2019.
- 18 May 2019Six personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Longyan Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Eleven personal bests in one day at HDU Open 2017.
- 30 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 10.93 at Wenzhou Open 2017.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open PM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 11 personal bests set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wenzhou Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016
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.
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Yinfei Wang (王寅飞) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.