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Dongyu Liu (刘东余)

3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010LIUD02

Dongyu Liu (刘东余) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.83, set at Tangshan Open 2016, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,898th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2010, he has put 52 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.16 in July 2010 to 10.83, a 40% improvement. Dongyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.83
signature single · Tangshan Open 2016
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.8314.55
top 10.0%3,898 / 28,153
2×25.518.32
top 45.4%7,789 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded3:24.34
top 59.4%825 / 1,183

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

Inner Mongolia 2010: 18.16Nanchang Open 2013: 11.83Nanchang Open 2015: 16.38Nanchang Winter 2015: 12.62Tangshan Open 2016: 10.8310.8318.1624 Jul 20108 May 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.