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Xi Liu (刘浠)

3×3 · top 11.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012LIUX02

Xi Liu (刘浠) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.16, set at Chongqing Open 2013, puts him in the top 11.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,299th in China. Across 2 competitions since August 2012, he has put 54 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.77 in August 2012 to 11.16, a 19% improvement. Xi has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 11.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.16
signature single · Chongqing Open 2013
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.1614.50
top 11.0%4,299 / 28,153
4×448.5950.43
top 22.9%2,458 / 5,926
2×24.476.55
top 32.5%5,582 / 15,796
5×51:44.381:48.18
top 38.6%1,742 / 2,816
Pyraminx10.0812.44
top 53.6%5,594 / 10,224

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

Guiyang Open 2012: 13.77Chongqing Open 2013: 11.1611.1613.775 Aug 201210 Aug 2013

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.