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Chenyan Liu (刘宸岩)

2×2 · top 27.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIUC09

Chenyan Liu (刘宸岩) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.06, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 27.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,626th in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2016, he has put 66 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.23 in August 2016 to 21.83, a 25% improvement. Chenyan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 27.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.06
signature single · Xi'an Open 2016
66
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×24.068.76
top 27.3%4,626 / 15,796
Clock12.4014.55
top 36.9%886 / 1,843
3×321.8325.99
top 45.0%14,950 / 28,153
Pyraminx9.6710.33
top 50.4%5,298 / 10,224
Square-142.02
early days — 1 solve1,127 / 1,362
Skewb16.7620.38
top 83.4%4,208 / 5,004

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 Open 2016: 29.23XJTU Open 2016: 28.66Xi'an New Year 2017: 31.14China Championship 2017: 22.14Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 21.8321.8331.1413 Aug 201613 Apr 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 13 Aug 2016First competition: Xi'an Open 2016. A 29.23 3×3 single to start from.

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.