People · China
Yuyang Liu (刘宇阳)
Skewb · top 7.2% of 74,164 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LIUY07
Yuyang Liu (刘宇阳) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.40, set at Chengdu Winter 2019, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 399th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2016, he has put 233 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.77 in May 2016 to 10.39, a 34% improvement. Yuyang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.40 | 6.35 | top 7.2% | 399 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 35.86 | 41.61 | top 7.6% | 800 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 11.75 | top 8.7% | 3,446 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.84 | 7.63 | top 12.2% | 1,487 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.17 | 21.16 | top 13.1% | 1,322 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.50 | 1:20.57 | top 15.0% | 748 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 4.37 | top 19.2% | 3,175 / 15,939 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.04 | 1:37.75 | top 25.7% | 807 / 1,693 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.66 | 2:32.07 | early days — 3 solves | 574 / 1,363 | |
| Square-1 | 35.20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,009 / 1,373 | |
| 7×7 | 5:59.50 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,093 / 1,274 |
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
- 1 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2019.
- 24 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Winter Open 2018.
- 16 Jul 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.44 at Chongqing Open 2016.
- 16 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2016.
- 1 May 2016First competition: Chengdu Open 2016. A 15.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Winter 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Chengdu Winter Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Jieyang Open 2018 · 12 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2016 · 1 May 2016
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.
- Gang Ji (纪纲) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xinyan Liu (刘心妍) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.