People · China
Yiming Liu (刘一明)
2×2 · top 9.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010YIMI01
Yiming Liu (刘一明) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Beijing Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,454th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2010, he has put 295 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.47 in August 2010 to 2.56, a 53% improvement. Yiming has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.56 | 4.18 | top 9.6% | 1,454 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 12.21 | 14.74 | top 14.7% | 5,874 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.68 | 9.92 | top 17.7% | 2,065 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.50 | 32.80 | top 33.0% | 3,214 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 56.93 | 58.94 | top 33.1% | 3,357 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 7.04 | 15.43 | top 34.1% | 2,092 / 5,030 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.28 | 2:10.58 | top 45.0% | 1,985 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.07 | 2:15.94 | top 45.8% | 1,258 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 47.00 | top 51.9% | 622 / 1,071 | |
| 6×6 | 4:23.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,233 / 1,363 | |
| Square-1 | 47.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,201 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:07.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,127 / 1,184 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Aug 2017Six personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Summer 2017.
- 28 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Tangshan Open 2017.
- 16 May 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Qinhuangdao Open 2015.
- 16 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2015.
- 31 Jul 2011Five personal bests in one day at Shandong Open 2011.
- 1 Aug 2010First competition: ChangChun 2010. A 18.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2015 · 16 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- China FM Beijing 2011 · 6 Nov 2011
- ShenYang Open 2011 · 4 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Shandong Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- ChangChun 2010 · 1 Aug 2010
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.
- Yiming Liu (刘一鸣) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.