People · China
Yi Liu (刘艺)
4×4 · top 5.0% of 85,040 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019LIUY42
Yi Liu (刘艺) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.91, set at Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 500th in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2019, he has put 70 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.52 in September 2019 to 9.04, a 28% improvement. Yi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.91 | 37.94 | top 5.0% | 500 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 11.69 | top 5.0% | 1,930 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.40 | 1:05.16 | top 7.5% | 374 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 1:58.40 | 2:09.29 | early days — 3 solves | 230 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 3:26.37 | 3:28.71 | early days — 3 solves | 393 / 1,274 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.51 | 28.38 | top 35.7% | 3,431 / 5,994 |
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
- 28 Mar 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021.
- 21 Sep 2019First competition: Shenzhen Open 2019. A 12.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021 · 31 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021 · 9 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
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 Guo (郭雨轩) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiacheng Cai (蔡嘉成) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.