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Jianwei Liu (刘建炜)

Pyraminx · top 7.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014LIUJ06

Jianwei Liu (刘建炜) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.01, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 910th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2014, he has put 138 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.00 in October 2014 to 11.93, a 20% improvement. Jianwei has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.7% of 129,321 all-time
4.01
signature single · Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016
138
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx4.017.09
top 7.7%910 / 10,224
3×311.9314.59
top 13.7%5,385 / 28,153
2×23.245.36
top 17.1%2,747 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed21.9525.61
top 25.9%2,545 / 5,922
4×455.031:00.54
top 30.8%3,119 / 5,926
Megaminx1:50.71
early days — 3 solves1,159 / 1,678
Square-128.0235.18
top 45.6%781 / 1,362

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

Guangdong Open 2014: 15.00Shenzhen Open 2015: 13.95China Championship 2015: 14.38Shenzhen New Year 2016: 14.07Dongguan Open 2016: 13.87Shenzhen New Year 2017: 11.9311.9315.001 Oct 20141 Jan 2017

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.