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Yue Liu (刘粤)

Skewb · top 6.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIUY25

Yue Liu (刘粤) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021, puts her in the top 6.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 380th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2016, she has put 169 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her Skewb best has come down from 6.66 in August 2016 to 3.32, a 50% improvement. Yue has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 6.7% of 73,281 all-time
3.32
signature single · Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021
169
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.325.05
top 6.7%380 / 5,004
Pyraminx3.877.55
top 7.0%836 / 10,224
3×316.4718.86
top 29.3%10,811 / 28,153
4×41:30.29
early days — 2 solves5,191 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed51.73
early days — 2 solves5,627 / 5,922
Clock31.80
early days — 2 solves1,724 / 1,843

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

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 6.66Dongguan Open 2017: 5.00Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 4.23Shantou Open 2017: 4.43Dongguan Open 2018: 4.20Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019: 4.58Dongguan Summer 2019: 4.78Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 3.45Xiamen Autumn 2019: 3.94Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 3.323.326.6613 Aug 201628 Feb 2021

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as she improves.