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Jianing Liu

2×2 · top 39.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022LIUJ01

Jianing Liu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.03, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023, puts him in the top 39.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,854th in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2022, he has put 48 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.33 in July 2022 to 5.03, a 46% improvement. Jianing has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 39.7% of 186,767 all-time
5.03
signature single · Pretzel Mania Summer 2023
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×25.0310.07
top 39.7%6,854 / 15,796
3×327.6237.20
top 58.1%17,928 / 28,153
Skewb11.8819.98
top 65.4%3,511 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed1:26.82
early days — 2 solves5,904 / 5,922
Clock50.03
early days — 2 solves1,823 / 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

New York Championship 2022: 9.33GCU Spring 2023: 9.22Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 5.035.039.332 Jul 20222 Sep 2023

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.