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Daqian Liu (刘大前)

4×4 · top 12.9% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015LIUD03

Daqian Liu (刘大前) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 40.65, set at Nanchang Open 2017, puts him in the top 12.9% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,387th in China. Across 7 competitions since December 2015, he has put 93 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.02 in December 2015 to 11.85, a 38% improvement. Daqian has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 12.9% of 83,917 all-time
40.65
signature single · Nanchang Open 2017
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×440.651:01.60
top 12.9%1,387 / 5,926
3×311.8516.19
top 13.4%5,277 / 28,153
Square-117.4524.86
top 22.0%355 / 1,362
2×24.656.41
top 34.9%5,990 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
early days — 1 solve610 / 1,058
5×52:05.94
top 53.0%2,178 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed33.69
early days — 1 solve4,586 / 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

Nanchang Winter 2015: 19.02Nanchang Open 2016: 11.85Nanchang Winter 2016: 12.85Nanchang Spring 2017: 14.98China Championship 2017: 14.4211.8519.0227 Dec 201528 Jul 2017

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-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.