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Vivian Xuyan Liu
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018LIUV01
Vivian Xuyan Liu has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.59, set at UCSD Winter 2023, puts her in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,049th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2018, she has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.29 in December 2018 to 10.59, a 39% improvement. Vivian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.59 | 12.95 | top 9.2% | 5,049 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.54 | 29.22 | top 33.0% | 4,316 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.29 | 9.03 | top 42.9% | 17,291 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.19 | 12.16 | top 46.5% | 13,372 / 28,708 |
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
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at UCSD For Hemophilia 2023.
- 4 Apr 2021First sub-15 3×3: 12.01 at Beijing Spring AM 2021.
- 31 Dec 2018First competition: Beijing Winter 2018. A 17.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018
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.
- Arthur Adams — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jesse Turner — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Eric Jingze Dai (戴竞择) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.54 away.
Targets move as she improves.