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Yifan Liu (刘逸凡)

3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015LIUY01

Yifan Liu (刘逸凡) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.53, set at Nanjing Spring 2016, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,182nd in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2015, he has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.27 in May 2015 to 12.53, a 35% improvement. Yifan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.53
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2016
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.5314.34
top 15.7%6,182 / 28,153
4×446.3852.56
top 20.0%2,161 / 5,926
2×24.006.97
top 26.5%4,467 / 15,796

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

Nanjing Spring 2015: 19.27Nanjing Spring 2016: 12.53Nanjing Spring 2018: 12.6412.5319.271 May 201530 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.