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Shijie Liu (刘世杰)

3×3 · top 83.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009LIUS01

Shijie Liu (刘世杰) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 46.47, set at Beijing Metropolis Open 2009, puts him in the top 83.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,760th in China. Across 3 competitions since February 2009, he has put 18 official solves on the record across two events. Shijie has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 83.3% of 284,439 all-time
46.47
signature single · Beijing Metropolis Open 2009
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×346.471:01.36
top 83.3%23,760 / 28,153
2×212.5021.36
top 85.7%13,688 / 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

Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 46.47Xi'an Open 2009: 48.7846.4748.782 May 200928 Jun 2009

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 6.47 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.