People · China
Chao Liu (刘超)
3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009CHAO03
Chao Liu (刘超) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.52, set at Xining Winter Open 2014, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,165th in China. Across 13 competitions since June 2009, he has put 253 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.18 in June 2009 to 12.52, a 41% improvement. Chao has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 12.52 | 14.31 | top 15.7% | 6,165 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.43 | 6.74 | top 19.3% | 3,169 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:47.75 | 2:51.43 | top 29.2% | 403 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 58.78 | 1:07.46 | top 35.2% | 3,483 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.63 | 28.61 | top 35.9% | 3,390 / 5,922 |
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
- 18 Feb 2014Four personal bests in one day at LanZhou Winter 2014.
- 31 Jan 2010First sub-20 3×3: 14.91 at Hangzhou Open 2010.
- 31 Jan 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Hangzhou Open 2010.
- 31 Jan 2010Four personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2010.
- 28 Jun 2009First competition: Xi'an Open 2009. A 24.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Yangling Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014 · 13 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- LanZhou Winter 2014 · 18 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Xining Winter Open 2014 · 16 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter 2013 · 8 Dec 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
- Shanghai Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010
- Henan Open 2010 · 2 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Spring 2010 · 4 Apr 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2010 · 31 Jan 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2009 · 28 Jun 2009 — 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 his.
- Haowei Fan (樊浩玮) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Pengju Li (李鹏举) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.