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Yuandong Liu (刘元栋)

3×3 · top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LIUY41

Yuandong Liu (刘元栋) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.60, set at Shenyang Summer 2018, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,609th in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 44 official solves on the record across five events. Yuandong has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.60
signature single · Shenyang Summer 2018
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.6018.50
top 19.6%7,609 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed26.5736.37
top 38.3%3,562 / 5,922
4×41:01.71
top 38.3%3,739 / 5,926
2×25.636.59
top 46.8%8,039 / 15,796
Pyraminx11.3414.11
top 62.9%6,409 / 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

Shenyang Summer 2018: 13.60Qingdao Spring 2019: 13.9813.6013.985 Aug 201831 Mar 2019

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 1.60 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.