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Xiangming Liu (刘翔铭)

3×3 · top 83.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016LIUX13

Xiangming Liu (刘翔铭) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 46.71, set at Zibo Open 2016, puts him in the top 83.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,831st in China. Across 1 competition since November 2016, he has put 11 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 83.5% of 284,439 all-time
46.71
signature single · Zibo Open 2016
11
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×346.711:09.79
top 83.5%23,831 / 28,153
2×220.5126.26
top 95.9%15,174 / 15,796
Pyraminx27.77
early days — 1 solve9,946 / 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 story so far

  • 6 Nov 2016First competition: Zibo Open 2016. A 46.71 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 6.71 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.