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Liu Jin (金柳)

3×3 · top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015JINL01

Liu Jin (金柳) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.30, set at Huizhou Open 2018, puts her in the top 18.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,209th in China. Across 5 competitions since October 2015, she has put 37 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.60 in October 2015 to 13.30, a 41% improvement. Liu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.30
signature single · Huizhou Open 2018
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.3015.06
top 18.5%7,209 / 28,153
2×25.115.72
top 40.7%7,042 / 15,796

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

China Championship 2015: 22.60Huizhou Open 2016: 14.27Shantou Open 2016: 17.01Huizhou Open 2018: 13.30Jieyang Open 2019: 13.8413.3022.602 Oct 201511 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as she improves.