People · China
Hanyu Liu (刘函宇)
3×3 · top 0.97% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019LIUH07
Hanyu Liu (刘函宇) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.62, set at Guangdong Open 2021, puts him in the top 0.97% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 366th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2019, he has put 248 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.59 in July 2019 to 6.62, a 64% improvement. Hanyu 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 | 6.62 | 7.96 | top 0.97% | 366 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 3.88 | top 9.1% | 1,353 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 39.99 | 42.43 | top 12.2% | 1,334 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.56 | 24.46 | top 19.4% | 1,983 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.55 | 9.59 | top 24.3% | 2,787 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.18 | 1:32.26 | top 24.4% | 1,171 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 5.85 | 7.82 | top 24.7% | 1,541 / 5,030 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,010 / 1,363 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,456 / 1,693 |
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
- 11 Apr 2021First sub-10 3×3: 8.03 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021.
- 11 Apr 2021Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021.
- 9 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Chengdu Winter 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Winter 2019.
- 6 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Yunnan Open 2019.
- 7 Jul 2019First competition: Linfen Open 2019. A 18.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Winter 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.