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Yang Liu (刘洋)

3×3 · top 30.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011YANG17

Yang Liu (刘洋) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.97, set at Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011, puts him in the top 30.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,262nd in China. Across 2 competitions since July 2011, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events. Yang has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 30.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.97
signature single · Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.9719.36
top 30.9%11,262 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed30.6134.26
top 48.0%4,206 / 5,922
5×52:38.052:53.28
top 69.6%2,560 / 2,816
4×41:43.22
early days — 2 solves5,465 / 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

Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011: 16.97Chongqing Open 2013: 20.6816.9720.6831 Jul 201110 Aug 2013

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 1.97 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.