People · China
Yuqi Liu (刘瑜琪)
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016LIUY30
Yuqi Liu (刘瑜琪) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 423rd in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2016, he has put 362 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 3.37 in November 2016 to 2.95, a 12% improvement. Yuqi has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.95 | 4.02 | top 3.5% | 423 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 4.13 | top 4.2% | 559 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 2.85 | 6.69 | top 4.3% | 232 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 10.32 | 11.37 | top 8.5% | 3,380 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 39.77 | 45.93 | top 11.9% | 1,298 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.72 | 23.79 | top 19.8% | 2,018 / 5,994 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.73 | 1:35.43 | top 22.3% | 687 / 1,693 | |
| Square-1 | 19.25 | 21.62 | top 26.2% | 448 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.55 | 1:52.08 | top 31.2% | 1,438 / 2,857 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Qingdao Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Jinan Open 2017.
- 11 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Weifang Winter 2016.
- 6 Nov 2016First competition: Zibo Open 2016. A 11.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Weifang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.