People · China
Liwen Xu (许力文)
3×3 · top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015XULI01
Liwen Xu (许力文) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.23, set at Beijing Ten Years Open 2017, puts her in the top 18.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,128th in China. Across 12 competitions since October 2015, she has put 205 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.41 in October 2015 to 13.23, a 24% improvement. Liwen has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 13.23 | 16.11 | top 18.2% | 7,128 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 5.61 | top 18.3% | 2,966 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.88 | 33.58 | top 22.9% | 2,275 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.06 | 9.73 | top 28.4% | 3,168 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 56.68 | 1:09.03 | top 32.7% | 3,276 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 7.85 | 13.24 | top 40.1% | 2,382 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 13.28 | 15.02 | top 40.8% | 979 / 1,843 | |
| Megaminx | 1:58.54 | 2:15.84 | top 44.9% | 1,231 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 28.63 | 31.32 | top 46.8% | 800 / 1,362 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.05 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,494 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | 56.33 | early days — 3 solves | 951 / 1,058 |
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
- 7 May 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.46 at Taiyuan Open 2017.
- 7 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Open 2017.
- 24 Oct 2015First competition: Beijing Open 2015. A 17.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2016 · 10 Dec 2016
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015
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.
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chen Kang (亢晨) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as she improves.