People · China
Xinhe Liu (刘心赫)
3×3 · top 0.34% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019LIUX02
Xinhe Liu (刘心赫) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.71, set at Beijing Spring PM 2021, puts him in the top 0.34% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2019, he has put 366 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.69 in April 2019 to 5.71, a 55% improvement. Xinhe has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 5.71 | 7.87 | top 0.34% | 140 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 2.32 | 4.99 | top 2.3% | 115 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 2.78 | top 3.8% | 516 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 33.83 | 38.90 | top 5.7% | 589 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.66 | 4.74 | top 6.1% | 740 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.99 | 1:18.15 | top 13.9% | 700 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.72 | 1:20.67 | top 17.9% | 553 / 1,693 | |
| Square-1 | 19.02 | 20.81 | top 25.7% | 439 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.02 | 30.37 | top 26.2% | 2,618 / 5,994 | |
| 6×6 | 2:42.81 | 3:04.30 | early days — 3 solves | 698 / 1,363 | |
| Clock | 12.23 | 13.53 | top 36.1% | 885 / 1,887 | |
| 7×7 | 4:24.54 | 4:51.13 | top 39.4% | 755 / 1,274 |
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
- 28 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Fushun Open 2024.
- 20 Jun 2021Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021.
- 1 May 2021Six personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2021.
- 4 Apr 2021First sub-10 3×3: 8.57 at Beijing Spring PM 2021.
- 4 Apr 2021Six personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring PM 2021.
- 3 Apr 2021Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring Special 2021.
Competitions
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yezhen Han (韩业臻) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.