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Shuai Liu (刘帅)

3×3 · top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017LIUS15

Shuai Liu (刘帅) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.87, set at Shenyang New Year 2019, puts him in the top 20.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,922nd in China. Across 9 competitions since December 2017, he has put 160 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.86 in December 2017 to 13.87, a 13% improvement. Shuai has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.87
signature single · Shenyang New Year 2019
160
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.8716.71
top 20.5%7,922 / 28,153
4×453.0358.19
top 28.4%2,963 / 5,926
2×24.345.69
top 30.9%5,291 / 15,796
Pyraminx7.8010.37
top 34.5%3,784 / 10,224
Skewb10.6615.49
top 58.9%3,239 / 5,004
5×52:36.40
early days — 2 solves2,547 / 2,816

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

Dalian Winter 2017: 15.86Fushun Open 2018: 18.51Dalian Open 2018: 15.59Shenyang Open 2018: 14.84Shenyang New Year 2019: 13.87Dalian Spring 2019: 17.37China Championship 2019: 16.10Shenyang Open 2023: 16.73Dalian Open 2024: 18.2113.8718.513 Dec 201716 Sep 2024

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 1.87 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 3.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.