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Peilin Liu (刘沛林)

3×3 · top 16.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LIUP01

Peilin Liu (刘沛林) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.68, set at Beijing Open 2017, puts him in the top 16.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,387th in China. Across 6 competitions since May 2016, he has put 78 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.90 in May 2016 to 12.68, a 25% improvement. Peilin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.68
signature single · Beijing Open 2017
78
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.6814.51
top 16.3%6,387 / 28,153
2×25.576.86
top 46.1%7,902 / 15,796
Pyraminx13.1819.07
top 73.8%7,369 / 10,224

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

Tangshan Open 2016: 16.90Asian Championship 2016: 14.86Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 13.13Tangshan Open 2017: 13.83Beijing Open 2017: 12.68China Championship 2017: 13.4912.6816.908 May 201628 Jul 2017

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.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.