People · China
Liang Yu (余亮)
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016YULI01
Liang Yu (余亮) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.87, set at Kunshan Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,756th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2016, he has put 147 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.63 in May 2016 to 9.87, a 70% improvement. Liang 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 | 9.87 | 12.71 | top 7.1% | 2,756 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.82 | 22.21 | top 17.3% | 1,710 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 5.14 | top 18.7% | 3,056 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 45.50 | 52.34 | top 18.9% | 2,059 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.96 | 9.31 | top 19.7% | 2,251 / 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
- 21 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Kunshan Open 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2018.
- 20 May 2017First sub-30 3×3: 14.23 at Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017.
- 20 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.23 at Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017.
- 20 May 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.23 at Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017.
- 14 May 2016First competition: Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016. A 32.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Changshu Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 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.
- Lukas Shelley — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhengyu Yang (杨正宇) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Jin Xie (谢晋) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.