People · China
Yang Liu (刘洋)
3×3 · top 27.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009LIUY06
Yang Liu (刘洋) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.91, set at Henan Open 2010, puts him in the top 27.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,222nd in China. Across 17 competitions since August 2009, he has put 253 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.65 in November 2009 to 15.91, a 30% improvement. Yang has entered 17 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 | 15.91 | 18.86 | top 27.5% | 10,222 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.29 | 12.97 | top 38.7% | 4,188 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 5.38 | 7.18 | top 44.0% | 7,561 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.77 | 1:21.56 | top 51.4% | 4,598 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.75 | 46.15 | top 70.2% | 5,348 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:52.03 | 3:06.24 | top 75.4% | 2,631 / 2,816 |
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
- 31 Jul 2011Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer Open 2011.
- 24 Jul 2010Four personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia 2010.
- 30 May 2010Four personal bests in one day at Taiyuan 2010.
- 2 May 2010First sub-20 3×3: 15.91 at Henan Open 2010.
- 2 May 2010Six personal bests in one day at Henan Open 2010.
- 16 Aug 2009First competition: Beijing Summer Open 2009.
Competitions
- Brilliant Ballarat 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sézanne Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- French Championship 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- Cité des Jeux 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Strasbourg Open 2016 · 19 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Grenoble Winter Open 2014 · 8 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Puy de Dôme Open 2013 · 30 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia 2010 · 24 Jul 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiyuan 2010 · 30 May 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Henan Open 2010 · 2 May 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- Changchun Open 2010 · 2 Jan 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2009 · 8 Nov 2009
- Beijing Summer Open 2009 · 16 Aug 2009
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.
- Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 4 times · head to head
- Xiao Tan (谭啸) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Donglei Li (李冬雷) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.