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Shuyan Liu (刘书颜)

Pyraminx · top 48.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016LIUS06

Shuyan Liu (刘书颜) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Suzhou Open 2016, puts her in the top 48.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,162nd in China. Across 2 competitions since July 2016, she has put 15 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 41.92 in July 2016 to 35.42, a 16% improvement. Shuyan has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 48.9% of 129,321 all-time
9.49
signature single · Suzhou Open 2016
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx9.4917.08
top 48.9%5,162 / 10,224
3×335.4240.56
top 71.1%20,883 / 28,153
2×226.73
early days — 1 solve15,584 / 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

Suzhou Open 2016: 41.92Yangzhou Open 2017: 35.4235.4241.922 Jul 201620 Aug 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 2 Jul 2016First competition: Suzhou Open 2016. A 41.92 3×3 single to start from.

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.42 away.

Targets move as she improves.