People · China
Yichao Liu (刘艺超)
2×2 · top 14.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016LIUY12
Yichao Liu (刘艺超) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.98, set at Beijing Open 2017, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,236th in China. Across 4 competitions since June 2016, he has put 110 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in June 2016 to 12.71, a 15% improvement. Yichao 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 7.43 | top 14.1% | 2,236 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 12.71 | 14.19 | top 16.5% | 6,575 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 11.30 | top 23.4% | 2,691 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 54.38 | 1:03.23 | top 30.1% | 3,117 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.73 | 2:29.29 | top 51.1% | 2,155 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 9.63 | 10.85 | top 52.7% | 2,964 / 5,030 |
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
- 15 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Autumn 2017.
- 24 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2017.
- 7 May 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.76 at Taiyuan Open 2017.
- 7 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Open 2017.
- 5 Jun 2016First competition: Taiyuan Open 2016. A 15.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016
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.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.