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Haobo Liu (刘浩博)

3×3 blindfolded · top 39.3% of 12,178 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018LIUH14

Haobo Liu (刘浩博) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 2:18.09, set at Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 39.3% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 573rd in China. Across 5 competitions since November 2018, he has put 40 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.73 in November 2018 to 20.79, a 30% improvement. Haobo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 39.3% of 12,178 all-time
2:18.09
signature single · Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded2:18.09
early days — 3 solves573 / 1,183
3×320.7923.85
top 42.2%14,253 / 28,153
2×25.6212.73
top 46.7%8,018 / 15,796
Pyraminx22.69
early days — 2 solves9,576 / 10,224

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

Xuzhou Winter 2018: 29.73Hefei Spring 2019: 25.34China Championship 2019: 26.11Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021: 20.79Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 21.4220.7929.7324 Nov 201823 May 2021

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-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 18.09 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.