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Yusheng Liu (刘雨生)

3×3 one-handed · top 9.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010LIUY04

Yusheng Liu (刘雨生) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.46, set at Hangzhou Open 2012, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 862nd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2010, he has put 400 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.41 in November 2010 to 10.56, a 39% improvement. Yusheng has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 9.1% of 73,695 all-time
15.46
signature single · Hangzhou Open 2012
400
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed15.4618.13
top 9.1%862 / 5,922
3×310.5612.73
top 9.1%3,579 / 28,153
4×442.9049.03
top 15.6%1,696 / 5,926
2×23.205.81
top 16.6%2,660 / 15,796
5×51:26.161:40.51
top 24.2%1,140 / 2,816
Megaminx1:24.721:42.40
top 24.8%764 / 1,678
Pyraminx7.9813.85
top 36.0%3,920 / 10,224
7×74:49.784:55.25
top 47.6%853 / 1,261
6×63:17.013:25.85
top 49.0%939 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
early days — 1 solve610 / 1,058
Square-135.1843.69
top 58.8%996 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded4:02.74
early days — 1 solve944 / 1,183
Clock38.4751.80
top 92.4%1,770 / 1,843
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 12:51
early days — 1 solve258 / 278

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

Wuhan Open 2010: 17.41Nanjing Spring 2011: 13.91Hefei After Term Open 2011: 11.52Zhengzhou Autumn 2011: 12.66Hefei Spring 2012: 14.52Nanjing Spring 2012: 12.53Hefei Summer 2012: 10.77Hangzhou Open 2012: 12.54Wuhan Open 2012: 10.56Nanjing Normal University 2013: 12.10NUAA Open 2013: 12.4410.5617.4114 Nov 201012 May 2013

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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.