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Yifan Liu (刘一帆)

Pyraminx · top 11.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LIUY36

Yifan Liu (刘一帆) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.63, set at Shandong Open 2019, puts him in the top 11.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,304th in China. Across 3 competitions since June 2018, he has put 42 official solves on the record across five events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.18 in June 2018 to 4.63, a 55% improvement. Yifan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 11.0% of 129,321 all-time
4.63
signature single · Shandong Open 2019
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx4.636.33
top 11.0%1,304 / 10,224
Clock8.6112.97
top 18.0%398 / 1,843
3×316.6620.01
top 29.9%10,968 / 28,153
2×24.415.69
top 31.8%5,446 / 15,796
Skewb28.43
early days — 2 solves4,805 / 5,004

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

Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 10.18Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 5.41Shandong Open 2019: 4.634.6310.1824 Jun 20184 Oct 2019

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.