People · China
Xinyan Liu (刘心妍)
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LIUX03
Xinyan Liu (刘心妍) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Chengdu Winter 2019, puts her in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,010th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2017, she has put 984 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.51 in April 2017 to 7.96, a 31% improvement. Xinyan has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.96 | 9.40 | top 2.7% | 1,010 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.97 | 3.89 | top 3.5% | 435 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 1.99 | 2.97 | top 4.7% | 655 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 3.12 | 5.49 | top 5.6% | 313 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.69 | 17.73 | top 7.5% | 742 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 37.21 | 44.06 | top 9.0% | 959 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.51 | 1:33.96 | top 27.4% | 845 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.73 | 1:44.34 | top 32.1% | 1,480 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 3:56.84 | 4:22.83 | early days — 3 solves | 1,143 / 1,363 |
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
- 7 Oct 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Yunnan Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at China Championship 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Eight personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 29 Apr 2017First competition: Chengdu Open 2017. A 12.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- NTU Welcome 2023 · 31 Dec 2022
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020
- Chengdu Winter 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Yunnan Open 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunming Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Winter Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Yunnan Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 82 times · head to head
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as she improves.