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Yulin Liu (刘玉琳)

3×3 · top 66.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019LIUY35

Yulin Liu (刘玉琳) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.59, set at Xinxiang Open 2019, puts her in the top 66.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,924th in China. Across 2 competitions since July 2019, she has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 49.97 in July 2019 to 32.59, a 35% improvement. Yulin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 66.9% of 284,439 all-time
32.59
signature single · Xinxiang Open 2019
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×332.5947.86
top 66.9%19,924 / 28,153
2×210.3615.86
top 79.3%12,800 / 15,796
Pyraminx37.43
early days — 1 solve10,168 / 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

Heze Open 2019: 49.97Xinxiang Open 2019: 32.5932.5949.9721 Jul 201922 Sep 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 21 Jul 2019First competition: Heze Open 2019. A 49.97 3×3 single to start from.

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as she improves.