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Hao Liu (刘浩)

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015LIUH03

Hao Liu (刘浩) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.82, set at Lanzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,592nd in China. Across 8 competitions since May 2015, he has put 67 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.46 in May 2015 to 12.82, a 17% improvement. Hao has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.82
signature single · Lanzhou Open 2018
67
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.8214.98
top 16.8%6,592 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed26.0335.13
top 36.9%3,462 / 5,922
2×25.677.86
top 47.3%8,112 / 15,796

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

Qinhuangdao Open 2015: 15.46Beijing Open 2015: 16.70Zibo Open 2015: 14.74One Night in Beijing 2016: 13.67Asian Championship 2016: 16.05Tangshan Open 2017: 13.07Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 13.69Lanzhou Open 2018: 12.8212.8216.7016 May 201522 Apr 2018

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 0.82 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.