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Yiqi Liu (刘奕祺)

4×4 · top 49.7% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011LIUA02

Yiqi Liu (刘奕祺) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 1:12.91, set at Shanghai Summer 2012, puts him in the top 49.7% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,503rd in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2011, he has put 38 official solves on the record across six events. His 4×4 best has come down from 1:56.44 in November 2011 to 1:12.91, a 37% improvement. Yiqi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 49.7% of 83,917 all-time
1:12.91
signature single · Shanghai Summer 2012
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×41:12.911:50.42
top 49.7%4,503 / 5,926
3×330.8433.42
top 64.0%19,291 / 28,153
5×52:37.023:37.85
top 69.1%2,553 / 2,816
2×28.3610.07
top 70.0%11,508 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed51.83
early days — 1 solve5,629 / 5,922
Pyraminx31.15
early days — 2 solves10,063 / 10,224

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

Changsha Open 2011: 1:56.44Changsha Spring 2012: 1:40.55Shanghai Summer 2012: 1:12.911:12.911:56.4427 Nov 201121 Jul 2012

Best single per competition, 4×4. 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-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 12.91 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.