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Ye Liu (刘烨)

2×2 · top 74.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LIUY26

Ye Liu (刘烨) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 9.18, set at Guangdong Open 2018, puts her in the top 74.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,117th in China. Across 4 competitions since October 2016, she has put 32 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:07.94 in October 2016 to 1:00.32, an 11% improvement. Ye has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 74.4% of 186,767 all-time
9.18
signature single · Guangdong Open 2018
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×29.1824.89
top 74.4%12,117 / 15,796
3×31:00.321:06.63
top 91.7%25,906 / 28,153

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

Asian Championship 2016: 1:07.94Zhongshan Open 2017: 1:00.32GDSY Open 2018: 1:02.35Guangdong Open 2018: 1:04.771:00.321:07.941 Oct 201630 Apr 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as she improves.