People · China
Rui Liu (刘锐)
Pyraminx · top 2.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LIUR02
Rui Liu (刘锐) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Nanjing Spring 2018, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 287th in China. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 162 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 4.55 in April 2017 to 2.58, a 43% improvement. Rui has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.58 | 4.33 | top 2.4% | 287 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.28 | 6.77 | top 6.5% | 368 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 4.70 | 6.84 | top 35.5% | 6,107 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 14.36 | 17.03 | top 45.3% | 1,070 / 1,843 |
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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Apr 2017First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
Competitions
- Harbin Open 2019 · 22 Dec 2019
- Qingdao Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tongke Zhou (周同科) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yilin Miao (苗宜琳) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.