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Lin Liu (刘琳)

3×3 · top 37.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015LIUL01

Lin Liu (刘琳) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.95, set at Qingdao Open 2016, puts her in the top 37.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,985th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2015, she has put 43 official solves on the record across five events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.68 in April 2015 to 18.95, a 16% improvement. Lin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.0% of 284,439 all-time
18.95
signature single · Qingdao Open 2016
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.9521.05
top 37.0%12,985 / 28,153
Pyraminx9.7310.66
top 50.9%5,348 / 10,224
2×26.378.24
top 54.7%9,273 / 15,796
4×41:20.061:32.04
top 55.9%4,834 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed39.4844.18
top 64.6%5,106 / 5,922

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

Tianjin University Open 2015: 22.68Qingdao Open 2016: 18.95Weihai Open 2016: 19.8318.9522.6826 Apr 201515 May 2016

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.95 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.73 away.

Targets move as she improves.