People · China
Xianchen Liu (刘显臣)
3×3 · top 16.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016LIUX11
Xianchen Liu (刘显臣) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.66, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 16.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,366th in China. Across 4 competitions since July 2016, he has put 79 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.42 in July 2016 to 12.66, a 57% improvement. Xianchen 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.66 | 15.52 | top 16.2% | 6,366 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 45.72 | 49.41 | top 19.2% | 2,084 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.02 | 1:23.53 | top 21.1% | 640 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 4.77 | 6.33 | top 36.4% | 6,280 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.28 | 30.26 | top 37.5% | 3,519 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.24 | 12.06 | top 38.2% | 4,142 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 8 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 13.89 at Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.89 at Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018.
- 10 Jul 2016First competition: Nanchang Open 2016. A 29.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2016 · 10 Jul 2016
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.
- Zhihai Liu (刘之海) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinrui Zhang (张昕瑞) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.