People · China
Hanwen Liu (刘翰文)
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013LIUH03
Hanwen Liu (刘翰文) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.31, set at Xianyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,368th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2013, he has put 222 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.13 in December 2013 to 10.31, a 27% improvement. Hanwen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.31 | 12.11 | top 8.4% | 3,368 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 5.21 | top 16.9% | 2,754 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 45.25 | 52.11 | top 18.7% | 2,057 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.21 | 24.94 | top 23.9% | 2,400 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 5.80 | 7.90 | top 24.3% | 1,517 / 5,030 | |
| Square-1 | 22.84 | 45.64 | top 34.4% | 591 / 1,373 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.56 | 1:53.13 | top 35.1% | 1,047 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.93 | 2:04.28 | top 46.1% | 2,015 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.06 | 13.67 | top 61.0% | 6,300 / 10,269 |
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
- 21 Dec 2014Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an More Coffee 2014.
- 8 Dec 2013First competition: Xi'an Winter 2013. A 14.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015
- Xi'an More Coffee 2014 · 21 Dec 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter Open 2014 · 7 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014 · 13 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter 2013 · 8 Dec 2013
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.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiejie Du (杜杰杰) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xiaojing Zhang (张小静) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.