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Shuai Liu (刘帅)

Pyraminx · top 6.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008LIUS01

Shuai Liu (刘帅) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.70, set at Shijiazhuang Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 741st in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since December 2008, he has put 665 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.65 in December 2008 to 10.86, a 31% improvement. Shuai has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 6.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.70
signature single · Shijiazhuang Open 2017
665
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.704.87
top 6.3%741 / 10,224
3×310.8612.82
top 10.1%3,939 / 28,153
4×445.6055.02
top 19.1%2,074 / 5,926
Megaminx1:22.621:36.52
top 23.5%714 / 1,678
2×23.896.01
top 25.1%4,222 / 15,796
5×51:35.341:41.80
top 31.8%1,437 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves
early days — 1 solve369 / 1,058
3×3 one-handed29.3338.14
top 45.1%4,028 / 5,922
Clock17.0520.45
top 55.6%1,284 / 1,843
Square-134.2256.20
top 57.1%969 / 1,362
6×63:48.064:59.98
top 61.6%1,098 / 1,349
3×3 blindfolded4:16.59
early days — 2 solves981 / 1,183
7×76:29.617:04.01
top 74.3%1,125 / 1,261
Skewb16.5222.88
top 82.8%4,181 / 5,004

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

Nanjing Open 2008: 15.65Nanjing Open 2009: 17.36Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 16.52Nanjing Spring 2011: 11.36Zhengzhou Autumn 2011: 11.35Nanjing Spring 2012: 14.05Tianjin Open 2012: 13.88Hefei Summer 2012: 13.50Hangzhou Open 2012: 13.15Nanjing Autumn 2012: 13.56Nanjing Winter 2012: 15.95Nanchang Open 2013: 13.98Hefei Spring 2014: 12.75Hefei Open 2017: 12.50Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 12.42Shanghai Winter 2018: 11.09Beijing Open 2018: 12.39Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 11.87Hefei Summer 2018: 11.83China Championship 2018: 13.35Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 13.07China Championship 2019: 11.15Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.8610.8617.3614 Dec 200824 Aug 2019

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.