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Jianyu Liu (刘建宇)

3×3 · top 12.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013LIUJ05

Jianyu Liu (刘建宇) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.48, set at BUAA Open 2014, puts him in the top 12.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,763rd in China. Across 11 competitions since November 2013, he has put 244 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in November 2013 to 11.48, an 11% improvement. Jianyu has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.48
signature single · BUAA Open 2014
244
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.4813.32
top 12.1%4,763 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.9522.43
top 12.4%1,220 / 5,922
4×442.8348.98
top 15.5%1,683 / 5,926
Megaminx1:15.571:20.30
top 19.0%578 / 1,678
2×24.416.08
top 31.8%5,446 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves
early days — 2 solves409 / 1,058
Clock13.2015.51
top 40.5%970 / 1,843
Skewb9.5515.58
top 52.1%2,918 / 5,004
Pyraminx11.0014.02
top 60.5%6,220 / 10,224

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

TUT 2013: 12.94Tianjin University Open 2014: 13.59BUAA Open 2014: 11.48Tianjin University Open 2015: 14.84Beijing Open 2015: 13.19Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 12.86Asian Championship 2016: 12.64Tangshan Open 2018: 12.17Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 12.1211.4814.8417 Nov 201324 Jun 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 24 Oct 2015Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2015.
  • 17 Nov 2013First competition: TUT 2013. A 12.94 3×3 single to start from.

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.