People · China
Zexian Liu (刘泽贤)
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011LIUZ06
Zexian Liu (刘泽贤) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.54, set at Shenyang Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,549th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2011, he has put 112 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.38 in October 2011 to 10.54, a 72% improvement. Zexian 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.54 | 12.81 | top 9.1% | 3,549 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.72 | 9.42 | top 25.6% | 2,879 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:07.15 | 4:10.73 | top 35.8% | 515 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 59.67 | 1:11.79 | top 36.1% | 3,562 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 5.12 | 5.94 | top 40.8% | 7,070 / 15,796 |
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 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016First sub-30 3×3: 14.82 at Shenyang Open 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016First sub-20 3×3: 14.82 at Shenyang Open 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Shenyang Open 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang Open 2016.
- 4 Oct 2011First competition: ShenYang Open 2011. A 37.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- ShenYang Open 2011 · 4 Oct 2011
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 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xiaojian Li (李晓健) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Shuyuan Zhang (张书源) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.