People · China
Yukun Liu (刘玉昆)
Pyraminx · top 6.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LIUY42
Yukun Liu (刘玉昆) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.78, set at NEU Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 791st in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 55 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Yukun has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.78 | 8.56 | top 6.6% | 791 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 7.02 | top 18.0% | 2,923 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 13.96 | 15.98 | top 20.8% | 8,046 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.04 | 1:21.72 | top 47.9% | 4,389 / 5,926 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Shenyang Summer 2018. A 14.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mingxuan Wu (吴明轩) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xingrui Zhao (赵星睿) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.