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Bingnan Liu (刘炳男)

3×3 · top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LIUB04

Bingnan Liu (刘炳男) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.23, set at WHUT Open 2018, puts him in the top 18.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,128th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 58 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.53 in April 2018 to 13.23, a 58% improvement. Bingnan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.23
signature single · WHUT Open 2018
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.2316.16
top 18.2%7,128 / 28,153
Pyraminx11.5115.99
top 64.0%6,501 / 10,224
2×28.2010.17
top 69.1%11,383 / 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

Nanjing Spring 2018: 31.53Wuhu Open 2018: 15.60WHUT Open 2018: 13.23Hefei Spring 2019: 13.7613.2331.5330 Apr 201823 Mar 2019

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 1.23 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.