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Bin Liu (刘斌)

3×3 · top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LIUB01

Bin Liu (刘斌) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.96, set at XPU Open 2017, puts him in the top 20.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,046th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.11 in April 2017 to 13.96, a 27% improvement. Bin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.96
signature single · XPU Open 2017
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.9616.59
top 20.8%8,046 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed23.9334.22
top 31.3%3,034 / 5,922
4×458.491:03.10
top 34.9%3,451 / 5,926
Pyraminx8.118.69
top 37.1%4,031 / 10,224
2×25.476.64
top 45.0%7,734 / 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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 19.11XPU Open 2017: 13.96Xi'an New Year 2018: 15.0313.9619.112 Apr 20171 Jan 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.