People · China
Taiyang Liu (刘太阳)
3×3 · top 30.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009LIUT02
Taiyang Liu (刘太阳) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.72, set at Shandong 2010, puts him in the top 30.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,043rd in China. Across 2 competitions since August 2009, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.94 in August 2009 to 16.72, a 12% improvement. Taiyang has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.72 | 21.22 | top 30.1% | 11,043 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.25 | 56.32 | top 75.1% | 5,532 / 5,922 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Aug 2009First competition: Beijing Summer Open 2009. A 18.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shandong 2010 · 12 Sep 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer Open 2009 · 16 Aug 2009
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.
- Xu Zhao (赵旭) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Rui Fan (范睿) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuechen Sun (孙月琛) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 8.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.