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Ming Liu (刘铭)

3×3 · top 50.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008LIUM01

Ming Liu (刘铭) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.19, set at Beijing Fall Open 2008, puts him in the top 50.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,284th in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2008, he has put 10 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.25 in May 2008 to 24.19, a 23% improvement. Ming has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 50.8% of 284,439 all-time
24.19
signature single · Beijing Fall Open 2008
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×324.1927.79
top 50.8%16,284 / 28,153

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

Beijing Spring Open 2008: 31.25Beijing Fall Open 2008: 24.1924.1931.252 May 20082 Nov 2008

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.