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Yancheng Liu (刘延盛)

3×3 · top 35.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018LIUY49

Yancheng Liu (刘延盛) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.51, set at SJTU Winter Open 2018, puts him in the top 35.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,644th in China. Across 2 competitions since November 2018, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events. Yancheng has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 35.7% of 284,439 all-time
18.51
signature single · SJTU Winter Open 2018
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.5123.83
top 35.7%12,644 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.9115.87
top 44.0%4,701 / 10,224
2×26.657.50
top 57.4%9,704 / 15,796
4×41:22.74
top 58.1%4,933 / 5,926

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 Autumn 2018: 6.65SJTU Winter Open 2018: 6.846.656.8417 Nov 201830 Dec 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 3.51 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.