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Hongwei Liu (刘宏伟)

3×3 · top 25.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009LIUH03

Hongwei Liu (刘宏伟) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.16, set at Xi'an Spring 2010, puts him in the top 25.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,407th in China. Across 2 competitions since June 2009, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.65 in June 2009 to 15.16, a 64% improvement. Hongwei has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 25.0% of 284,439 all-time
15.16
signature single · Xi'an Spring 2010
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.1616.60
top 25.0%9,407 / 28,153
2×24.616.22
top 34.4%5,891 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed46.401:04.90
top 73.1%5,451 / 5,922

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

Xi'an Open 2009: 42.65Xi'an Spring 2010: 15.1615.1642.6528 Jun 20094 Apr 2010

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.