People · China
Liuyuan Geng (耿留远)
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013GENG01
Liuyuan Geng (耿留远) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at Xi'an Summer 2015, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,034th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2013, he has put 336 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.61 in April 2013 to 10.11, a 26% improvement. Liuyuan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 10.11 | 11.77 | top 7.8% | 3,034 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.95 | 23.02 | top 17.7% | 1,752 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 5.83 | top 22.4% | 3,693 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 6.50 | 9.14 | top 29.7% | 1,833 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 55.57 | 1:01.33 | top 31.4% | 3,173 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.37 | 11.34 | top 39.4% | 4,253 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 41.00 | top 44.7% | 515 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:52.20 | — | top 50.2% | 702 / 1,183 | |
| 5×5 | 3:15.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,708 / 2,816 |
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
- 10 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2019.
- 17 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Summer 2015.
- 21 Dec 2014Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an More Coffee 2014.
- 7 Dec 2014Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Winter Open 2014.
- 8 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at Yangling Open 2014.
- 30 Apr 2013First competition: Lanzhou Open 2013. A 16.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015
- FMC Asia 2015 · 28 Nov 2015
- Xi'an Summer 2015 · 17 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an More Coffee 2014 · 21 Dec 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter Open 2014 · 7 Dec 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2014 · 22 Nov 2014
- Yangling Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Open 2013 · 30 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiejie Du (杜杰杰) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.