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Yanjun Liu (刘艳军)

3×3 · top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012LIUY01

Yanjun Liu (刘艳军) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.21, set at TUT 2013, puts him in the top 40.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,886th in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2012, he has put 26 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.86 in May 2012 to 20.21, a 42% improvement. Yanjun has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time
20.21
signature single · TUT 2013
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.2124.49
top 40.5%13,886 / 28,153
2×210.7614.70
top 80.7%12,980 / 15,796
Pyraminx20.9931.95
top 94.0%9,364 / 10,224
Clock1:05.75
early days — 1 solve1,839 / 1,843

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

Tianjin Open 2012: 34.86Tianjin Winter 2012: 20.63TUT 2013: 20.2120.2134.8627 May 201217 Nov 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.