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Yang Liu (刘洋)

3×3 · top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017LIUY28

Yang Liu (刘洋) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.37, set at Harbin Open 2018, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,970th in China. Across 4 competitions since December 2017, he has put 69 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.78 in December 2017 to 12.37, a 10% improvement. Yang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.37
signature single · Harbin Open 2018
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.3713.96
top 15.2%5,970 / 28,153
4×446.8852.29
top 20.6%2,220 / 5,926
5×51:24.711:32.30
top 23.0%1,098 / 2,816
6×62:59.483:04.47
top 40.9%812 / 1,349

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

Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017: 13.78Harbin Open 2018: 12.37Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 14.49Beijing Summer 2018: 14.7012.3714.7017 Dec 201729 Jul 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.