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Yi-Sin Liou (劉宜鑫)

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016LIOU01

Yi-Sin Liou (劉宜鑫) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Kaohsiung Open 2016, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2016, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.29 in March 2016 to 13.50, a 30% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.30
signature single · Kaohsiung Open 2016
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
2×21.306.40
top 1.4%32 / 1,669
3×313.5015.49
top 19.2%1,130 / 4,213
Pyraminx7.1611.72
top 29.2%408 / 1,016
5×52:01.13
top 49.9%466 / 639

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

All is Well 2016: 19.29Maru Cube Day 2016: 14.30Kaohsiung Open 2016: 14.62Kaohsiung Summer Open 2017: 13.50Maru Cube Day 2017: 14.7213.5019.2912 Mar 201615 Jul 2017

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.