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Siming Liu (刘思铭)

3×3 · top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016LIUS05

Siming Liu (刘思铭) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.50, set at Luoyang Spring 2018, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,786th in China. Across 7 competitions since June 2016, he has put 115 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.26 in June 2016 to 11.50, a 29% improvement. Siming has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.50
signature single · Luoyang Spring 2018
115
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.5014.36
top 12.2%4,786 / 28,153
4×449.0856.35
top 23.6%2,509 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed22.8125.13
top 28.2%2,757 / 5,922
2×25.386.74
top 44.0%7,561 / 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

Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 16.26Asian Championship 2016: 14.04ZUA Open 2017: 14.05Xuchang Open 2017: 12.93Luoyang Spring 2018: 11.50Zhengzhou Open 2018: 12.0911.5016.2618 Jun 20162 Dec 2018

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 1.50 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.