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Xiaonan Liu (刘小楠)

3×3 · top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015LIUX08

Xiaonan Liu (刘小楠) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.87, set at Weihai Open 2017, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,647th in China. Across 4 competitions since November 2015, he has put 112 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.87 in November 2015 to 3.92, a 20% improvement. Xiaonan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.87
signature single · Weihai Open 2017
112
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.8715.26
top 17.0%6,647 / 28,153
2×23.925.48
top 25.5%4,298 / 15,796
Pyraminx6.749.49
top 25.7%2,894 / 10,224
4×41:17.811:28.81
top 54.1%4,738 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed35.5941.93
top 58.3%4,792 / 5,922

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

Zibo Open 2015: 4.87Qingdao Open 2016: 4.82Weihai Open 2016: 3.97Weihai Open 2017: 3.923.924.8715 Nov 201530 Apr 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.