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Yong Liu (刘勇)

3×3 · top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017LIUY26

Yong Liu (刘勇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.31, set at Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,219th in China. Across 5 competitions since November 2017, he has put 68 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.81 in November 2017 to 13.31, a 39% improvement. Yong has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.31
signature single · Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.3115.18
top 18.5%7,219 / 28,153
4×448.8856.55
top 23.3%2,492 / 5,926
2×24.0710.76
top 27.4%4,649 / 15,796
5×51:51.852:14.09
top 43.9%1,924 / 2,816
Megaminx2:22.83
early days — 2 solves1,425 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded4:25.97
early days — 1 solve1,005 / 1,183
Pyraminx15.0421.16
top 82.0%8,097 / 10,224
Skewb25.92
early days — 2 solves4,736 / 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

Nanchang Open 2017: 21.81Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018: 13.31HUST Open 2018: 13.45Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018: 14.4513.3121.8111 Nov 20178 Jul 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 1.31 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.