People · China
Wentai Liu (刘文泰)
3×3 · top 7.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019LIUW02
Wentai Liu (刘文泰) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,106th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2019, he has put 89 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.32 in July 2019 to 10.11, an 18% improvement. Wentai has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.11 | 11.41 | top 7.8% | 3,106 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 3.98 | 5.82 | top 10.8% | 649 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 7.27 | top 11.3% | 1,371 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.23 | top 12.9% | 2,040 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.10 | 1:09.76 | top 38.8% | 3,833 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.38 | 31.84 | top 42.9% | 3,948 / 5,994 |
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
- 19 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2024.
- 21 Jul 2019First competition: Heze Open 2019. A 13.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yunrui Peng (彭云瑞) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shanhong Yang (杨善闳) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chengshuo Zhu (朱成硕) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.