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Jason Liao

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019LIAO16

Jason Liao has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Auckland Summer Open 2020, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in New Zealand. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2019, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.73 in December 2019 to 9.59, a 49% improvement. Jason has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.59
signature single · Auckland Summer Open 2020
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×39.5914.28
top 6.3%141 / 2,095
2×24.655.26
top 34.9%605 / 1,615
Pyraminx9.8512.61
top 51.8%670 / 1,141
Skewb9.8517.75
top 54.0%382 / 666

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

New Zealand Nationals 2019: 18.73Auckland Summer Open 2020: 9.599.5918.7313 Dec 201929 Feb 2020

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.