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Vincent Liu (刘鹤洋)

3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015LIUH05

Vincent Liu (刘鹤洋) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.88, set at Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,767th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since August 2015, he has put 522 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 10 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.23 in August 2015 to 9.88, a 62% improvement. Vincent has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.88
signature single · Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017
522
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.8811.47
top 7.1%2,767 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.1118.14
top 10.5%1,024 / 5,922
2×23.214.89
top 16.7%2,684 / 15,796
4×451.1455.48
top 26.1%2,766 / 5,926
5×51:47.141:56.52
top 40.6%1,812 / 2,816
Clock13.3615.56
top 41.1%986 / 1,843

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

Wuxi Open 2015: 26.23Northeastern Fall 2015: 18.46Manhasset Fall 2015: 16.02Liberty Science 2015: 14.03Nanchang Winter 2015: 13.61Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 13.10Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 16.12Princeton Winter 2016: 13.88Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 14.55Weston Spring 2016: 12.44Manhasset Spring 2016: 13.02Big Apple Spring 2016: 12.05Northeastern Spring 2016: 11.10Cube For A Cure Spring 2016: 11.10Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 16.02Hefei Open 2016: 11.18Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 10.71Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 13.66Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 9.88China Championship 2017: 9.97Wuxi Open 2017: 10.14Rutgers Spring 2018: 10.43SJTU Open 2018: 10.619.8826.238 Aug 201530 Jun 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.