People · Australia
Dean Liu
2×2 · top 29.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LIUD02
Dean Liu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.25, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2023, puts him in the top 29.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,305th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since November 2022, he has put 46 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.31 in November 2022 to 20.35, a 52% improvement. Dean has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 8.40 | top 29.7% | 2,305 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 20.35 | 28.36 | top 40.9% | 4,034 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.73 | 18.87 | top 42.5% | 2,318 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 16.04 | 26.34 | top 81.4% | 2,851 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:19.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,458 / 2,659 |
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
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.56 at Victorian Open 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2022. A 42.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Ethan Wang — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Swami Srinivasan — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Wakelin — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.