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Qi Liu (刘琦)

3×3 · top 55.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LIUQ03

Qi Liu (刘琦) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.37, set at Tangshan Open 2017, puts him in the top 55.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,332nd in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2016, he has put 27 official solves on the record across two events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.88 in May 2016 to 7.69, a 35% improvement. Qi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 55.5% of 284,439 all-time
26.37
signature single · Tangshan Open 2017
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×326.3727.85
top 55.5%17,332 / 28,153
2×27.6910.23
top 65.7%10,879 / 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

Tangshan Open 2016: 11.88Asian Championship 2016: 11.52Tangshan Open 2017: 7.697.6911.888 May 201628 May 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.