People · China
Liam Zhang
3×3 · top 52.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023ZHAN54
Liam Zhang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.80, set at New York New Year 2024, puts him in the top 52.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,597th in China. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 62 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.03 in September 2023 to 24.80, a 29% improvement. Liam has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 24.80 | 27.42 | top 52.2% | 16,597 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 6.14 | 10.57 | top 52.3% | 8,902 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 12.49 | 19.79 | top 68.4% | 3,611 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 3:35.37 | — | top 98.5% | 5,913 / 5,926 |
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
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.02 at Scarborough Fall A 2023.
- 24 Sep 2023First competition: Appleby Fall B 2023. A 35.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wrap It Up Barrie 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Thornhill Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Kingston Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- New York New Year 2024 · 31 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
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.
- Nicholas McKee — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.80 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.