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Xinran Liu (刘欣然)

3×3 · top 41.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008LIUX02

Xinran Liu (刘欣然) has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.52, set at Tianjin Open 2010, puts her in the top 41.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,083rd in China. Across 8 competitions since November 2008, she has put 81 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 41.03 in November 2008 to 20.52, a 50% improvement. Xinran has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 41.4% of 284,439 all-time
20.52
signature single · Tianjin Open 2010
81
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.5223.45
top 41.4%14,083 / 28,153
2×26.5011.21
top 55.9%9,472 / 15,796
Pyraminx45.18
early days — 2 solves10,214 / 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

Beijing Fall Open 2008: 41.03Beijing Spring Open 2009: 34.69Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 28.09Beijing Summer Open 2009: 27.97ChangChun 2010: 22.86Tianjin Open 2010: 20.52Beijing Winter 2011: 22.93Tianjin Open 2011: 22.3120.5241.032 Nov 200825 Dec 2011

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as she improves.