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Yongan Liu (刘永安)

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009LIUY08

Yongan Liu (刘永安) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.08, set at Tianjin University Open 2015, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,063rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2009, he has put 359 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.06 in August 2009 to 8.08, a 55% improvement. Yongan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.08
signature single · Tianjin University Open 2015
359
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.089.26
top 2.9%1,063 / 28,153
2×22.865.16
top 12.7%1,983 / 15,796
4×445.0751.14
top 18.4%1,997 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed20.6822.87
top 22.4%2,233 / 5,922
5×51:33.561:39.69
top 30.3%1,369 / 2,816
6×63:08.873:16.82
early days — 3 solves878 / 1,349
Pyraminx9.3318.88
top 47.6%5,046 / 10,224
7×78:10.36
early days — 2 solves1,228 / 1,261

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

Beijing Summer Open 2009: 18.06Tianjin Open 2010: 11.93Beijing Spring 2011: 11.31Henan University of Science & Technology Open 2011: 9.16Beijing Summer Open 2011: 10.78Human Rights Day 2011: 11.13Taiyuan Open 2012: 10.05Nanjing Autumn 2012: 10.80Tianjin University Open 2015: 8.08Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 9.76Beijing Open 2018: 8.32Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 8.49Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 9.108.0818.0616 Aug 200924 Jun 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.