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Shuo Liu (刘硕)

3×3 · top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017LIUS06

Shuo Liu (刘硕) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.26, set at Beijing Ten Years Open 2017, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,438th in China. Across 16 competitions since May 2017, he has put 261 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.42 in May 2017 to 11.26, a 27% improvement. Shuo has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.26
signature single · Beijing Ten Years Open 2017
261
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.2612.76
top 11.3%4,438 / 28,153
4×444.1249.72
top 17.2%1,855 / 5,926
2×23.404.28
top 19.0%3,104 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed25.1833.07
top 34.7%3,299 / 5,922
Pyraminx13.5716.78
top 75.8%7,545 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves50.33
top 79.2%916 / 1,058

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 2017: 15.42Beijing Open 2017: 15.53Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 11.26Tangshan Open 2018: 12.66Beijing Summer 2018: 12.08China Championship 2018: 11.36Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 12.10Beijing Winter 2018: 11.59Beijing Summer 2019: 12.86Xinxiang Open 2019: 11.37Tianjin Autumn 2019: 11.57Beijing Spring PM 2021: 11.32Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 12.05Beijing Winter 2025: 11.5311.2615.5328 May 20174 Jan 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.