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Jialin Liao (廖佳林)

Pyraminx · top 26.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009LIAO02

Jialin Liao (廖佳林) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.88, set at Beijing Summer Open 2009, puts him in the top 26.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,010th in China. Across 5 competitions since February 2009, he has put 40 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.80 in February 2009 to 21.28, a 29% improvement. Jialin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 26.9% of 129,321 all-time
6.88
signature single · Beijing Summer Open 2009
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx6.8814.50
top 26.9%3,010 / 10,224
3×321.2824.22
top 43.5%14,577 / 28,153
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 1 solve774 / 1,058
2×28.909.97
top 73.0%11,911 / 15,796
Clock26.8034.21
top 79.9%1,648 / 1,843

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

Beijing Spring Open 2009: 29.80Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 22.75Beijing Summer Open 2009: 22.52Beijing Winter 2009: 21.2821.2829.8021 Feb 200920 Dec 2009

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.