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Han Liu (刘汉)

3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015LIUH02

Han Liu (刘汉) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.95, set at Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,758th in China. Across 4 competitions since May 2015, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.27 in May 2015 to 12.95, a 36% improvement. Han has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.95
signature single · Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.9515.17
top 17.2%6,758 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed23.4227.21
top 29.9%2,896 / 5,922
2×24.705.93
top 35.5%6,107 / 15,796
4×41:04.80
early days — 2 solves3,979 / 5,926
7×75:12.425:20.24
top 54.6%937 / 1,261

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

Nanjing Spring 2015: 20.27Zhenjiang Open 2015: 14.25Shanghai Spring 2016: 13.83Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 12.9512.9520.271 May 201514 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.