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Chi Liu (刘驰)

3×3 · top 16.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009LIUC04

Chi Liu (刘驰) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.78, set at Nanjing Spring Open 2010, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,538th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2009, he has put 53 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.44 in August 2009 to 12.78, a 50% improvement. Chi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.78
signature single · Nanjing Spring Open 2010
53
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.7816.37
top 16.7%6,538 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed33.7144.51
top 54.8%4,589 / 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

Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 25.44Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010: 15.55Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 12.78Hefei After Term Open 2011: 14.4412.7825.449 Aug 200916 Jul 2011

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 0.78 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 3.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.