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Xiaowen Liao (廖晓文)

3×3 · top 42.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009LIAO04

Xiaowen Liao (廖晓文) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.81, set at Xi'an Autumn Open 2010, puts him in the top 42.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,271st in China. Across 4 competitions since June 2009, he has put 30 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.27 in June 2009 to 20.81, a 14% improvement. Xiaowen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.2% of 284,439 all-time
20.81
signature single · Xi'an Autumn Open 2010
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.8125.16
top 42.2%14,271 / 28,153

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

Xi'an Open 2009: 24.27Xi'an Spring 2010: 24.50Xi'an Autumn Open 2010: 20.81Xi'an Spring 2011: 23.2520.8124.5028 Jun 20096 Mar 2011

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 28 Jun 2009First competition: Xi'an Open 2009. A 24.27 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.