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Mingde Liu (刘明德)

3×3 · top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012LIUM03

Mingde Liu (刘明德) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.69, set at Beijing Winter 2012, puts him in the top 30.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,999th in China. Across 1 competition since November 2012, he has put 36 official solves on the record across seven events.

3×3
best event — top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time
16.69
signature single · Beijing Winter 2012
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.6918.81
top 30.0%10,999 / 28,153
4×459.581:08.21
top 36.0%3,552 / 5,926
5×51:55.002:03.56
top 46.0%1,982 / 2,816
2×27.408.17
top 63.6%10,608 / 15,796
6×63:54.554:11.52
early days — 3 solves1,119 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed46.9750.32
top 73.7%5,475 / 5,922
7×76:28.946:46.00
early days — 3 solves1,124 / 1,261

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 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 9.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.