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Wenyu Liu (刘文宇)

3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014LIUW02

Wenyu Liu (刘文宇) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.96, set at Heilongjiang Open 2015, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,863rd in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2014, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.69 in May 2014 to 9.96, a 15% improvement. Wenyu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.96
signature single · Heilongjiang Open 2015
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.9612.13
top 7.3%2,863 / 28,153
4×454.461:00.82
top 30.1%3,070 / 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

Harbin Open 2014: 11.69Heilongjiang Open 2015: 9.969.9611.6925 May 201420 Dec 2015

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 1.96 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.