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Xudong Liu (刘旭东)

3×3 one-handed · top 16.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LIUX05

Xudong Liu (刘旭东) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 18.46, set at Nanjing Spring 2017, puts him in the top 16.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,611th in China. Across 5 competitions since April 2017, he has put 123 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Xudong has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 16.3% of 73,695 all-time
18.46
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2017
123
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed18.4629.47
top 16.3%1,611 / 5,922
3×314.0015.60
top 21.0%8,098 / 28,153
4×452.3658.68
top 27.6%2,892 / 5,926
Pyraminx7.489.50
top 31.8%3,506 / 10,224
5×51:39.032:09.60
top 34.6%1,564 / 2,816
2×24.916.15
top 38.2%6,590 / 15,796
Megaminx1:55.032:13.63
top 43.2%1,205 / 1,678
7×76:35.36
early days — 1 solve1,139 / 1,261

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

Nanjing Spring 2017: 14.07Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 14.13Changshu Open 2017: 15.74Wuxi Open 2017: 14.00Nanjing Autumn 2017: 15.9914.0015.9930 Apr 20174 Nov 2017

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 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.46 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.