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Yuan Liu (刘源)

3×3 · top 68.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013LIUY03

Yuan Liu (刘源) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.33, set at Shenyang Open 2014, puts him in the top 68.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,206th in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2013, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.91 in July 2013 to 33.33, a 35% improvement. Yuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 68.0% of 284,439 all-time
33.33
signature single · Shenyang Open 2014
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×333.3340.77
top 68.0%20,206 / 28,153
2×213.1715.18
top 87.2%13,913 / 15,796

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

Yingkou Open 2013: 50.91Shenyang Open 2013: 35.83Shenyang Open 2014: 33.3333.3350.9114 Jul 201314 Dec 2014

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.33 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.