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Xinzhi Liu (刘鑫之)

3×3 · top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013LIUX02

Xinzhi Liu (刘鑫之) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.11, set at Beijing Winter Open 2013, puts him in the top 28.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,424th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2013, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.71 in April 2013 to 16.11, a 66% improvement. Xinzhi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.11
signature single · Beijing Winter Open 2013
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.1117.14
top 28.1%10,424 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.5012.08
top 40.5%4,368 / 10,224
2×26.697.23
top 57.8%9,762 / 15,796
Skewb20.3023.56
top 90.1%4,432 / 5,004

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

Weifang Open 2013: 47.71Beijing Winter Open 2013: 16.11Shandong Spring Open 2014: 17.8916.1147.7114 Apr 201313 Apr 2014

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.