People · China
Jinren Liu (刘津任)
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIUJ10
Jinren Liu (刘津任) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,771st in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2016, he has put 188 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.31 in August 2016 to 8.90, a 42% improvement. Jinren has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.90 | 12.39 | top 4.6% | 1,771 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 5.48 | top 10.0% | 1,515 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 4.54 | 6.07 | top 14.8% | 908 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 42.94 | 46.08 | top 15.7% | 1,700 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.76 | 1:29.33 | top 19.1% | 583 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.19 | 10.91 | top 46.5% | 4,928 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017Seven personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 29 May 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.68 at Zhuhai Open 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016. A 15.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ZHBIT Open 2018 · 20 May 2018
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Coconut Island Open 2017 · 6 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2017 · 29 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
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.
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Hao Wang (王浩) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.