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Fa-Yuan Liu (劉發元)

3×3 · top 24.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011LIUF01

Fa-Yuan Liu (劉發元) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.09, set at Taipei Open 2011, puts him in the top 24.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,417th in Chinese Taipei. Across 3 competitions since April 2011, he has put 22 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.61 in April 2011 to 15.09, a 19% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.8% of 284,439 all-time
15.09
signature single · Taipei Open 2011
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×315.0918.27
top 24.8%1,417 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed34.9439.15
top 57.2%638 / 802

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

Taiwan Spring Open 2011: 18.61Taipei Open 2011: 15.09Taiwan Winter 2012: 17.5215.0918.612 Apr 201111 Feb 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 4.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.