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Mingjian Liu (刘名剑)

3×3 · top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016LIUM02

Mingjian Liu (刘名剑) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.41, set at Luoyang Open 2017, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,660th in China. Across 4 competitions since November 2016, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Mingjian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.41
signature single · Luoyang Open 2017
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.4113.97
top 11.8%4,660 / 28,153
2×25.337.70
top 43.4%7,470 / 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

XJTU Open 2016: 12.21ZUA Open 2017: 11.84Luoyang Open 2017: 11.41Luoyang Spring 2018: 11.9311.4112.2127 Nov 201615 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 27 Nov 2016First competition: XJTU Open 2016. A 14.23 3×3 single to start from.

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.