People · China
Zhiying Liang (梁芷瑛)
3×3 · top 1.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017LIAN15
Zhiying Liang (梁芷瑛) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.68, set at Guilin Open 2019, puts her in the top 1.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 384th in China. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2017, she has put 304 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.32 in May 2017 to 6.68, a 46% improvement. Zhiying has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 6.68 | 8.65 | top 1.0% | 384 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 30.23 | 38.78 | top 3.0% | 300 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 55.64 | 1:01.47 | top 7.8% | 193 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.25 | 1:08.71 | top 8.0% | 398 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 4.01 | top 8.1% | 1,194 / 15,939 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.36 | 2:14.50 | top 14.8% | 335 / 1,363 | |
| Skewb | 4.61 | 7.98 | top 15.3% | 955 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.38 | 23.65 | top 16.2% | 1,624 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.16 | 8.07 | top 21.2% | 2,455 / 10,269 | |
| 7×7 | 3:38.75 | 3:49.04 | top 23.0% | 474 / 1,274 |
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
- 17 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at WCA Asian Championship 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at GDSY Open 2018.
- 29 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 1 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 14 May 2017First competition: Nanning Open 2017. A 12.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- Nanning Open 2017 · 14 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Lang Yuan (袁朗) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Kai Su (苏锴) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as she improves.