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Kai Liu (刘恺)

2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009LIUK01

Kai Liu (刘恺) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Shanghai Open 2010, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 587th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2009, he has put 556 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.75 in February 2009 to 9.06, a 58% improvement. Kai has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.94
signature single · Shanghai Open 2010
556
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.944.77
top 4.4%587 / 15,796
3×39.0612.03
top 5.0%1,909 / 28,153
4×438.9244.69
top 10.9%1,154 / 5,926
7×73:06.953:13.71
top 12.4%245 / 1,261
5×51:11.431:20.37
top 12.6%620 / 2,816
6×62:12.002:18.54
top 16.3%362 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves
early days — 2 solves322 / 1,058
Pyraminx7.3110.70
top 30.4%3,352 / 10,224
Megaminx1:49.401:55.57
top 40.0%1,145 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed27.4930.32
top 40.6%3,727 / 5,922
Square-130.1639.66
top 49.7%855 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded3:20.86
early days — 1 solve809 / 1,183

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: 21.75Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 22.19Xi'an Open 2009: 15.83Beijing Summer Open 2009: 17.97Hangzhou Open 2010: 13.52Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010: 15.34Inner Mongolia 2010: 13.31Shanghai Open 2010: 13.61Hangzhou Open 2011: 10.91Asian Championship 2016: 9.06UK Championship 2018: 12.49Berlin Winter Cubing 2019: 11.74Manchester Open 2019: 11.65Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019: 11.149.0622.1921 Feb 200922 Mar 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.