People · China
Wenbo Liao (廖文博)
3×3 · top 16.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013LIAO04
Wenbo Liao (廖文博) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.75, set at Yunnan Open 2015, puts him in the top 16.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,491st in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2013, he has put 115 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in August 2013 to 12.75, a 30% improvement. Wenbo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.75 | 15.20 | top 16.6% | 6,491 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 5.22 | top 21.9% | 3,607 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.34 | 25.79 | top 29.7% | 2,874 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.19 | 1:13.94 | top 42.0% | 4,006 / 5,926 |
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
- 13 Dec 2015Five personal bests in one day at Yunnan Open 2015.
- 9 Aug 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.82 at Chongqing Open 2014.
- 10 Aug 2013First competition: Chongqing Open 2013. A 18.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Nanshan 2018 · 18 Nov 2018
- Shenzhen Open 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yunnan Open 2015 · 13 Dec 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2013 · 10 Aug 2013
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.
- Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.