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Zeyu Liu (刘泽宇)

3×3 one-handed · top 8.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LIUZ07

Zeyu Liu (刘泽宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.25, set at Hefei Summer 2018, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 822nd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2017, he has put 286 official solves on the record across twelve 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 13.26 in June 2017 to 11.02, a 17% improvement. Zeyu has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 8.6% of 73,695 all-time
15.25
signature single · Hefei Summer 2018
286
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed15.2519.26
top 8.6%822 / 5,922
3×311.0213.25
top 10.5%4,121 / 28,153
6×62:09.782:26.57
top 15.3%334 / 1,349
4×446.9252.32
top 20.7%2,228 / 5,926
5×51:22.941:28.94
top 21.5%1,032 / 2,816
7×73:36.473:48.18
top 22.1%443 / 1,261
2×24.676.15
top 35.1%6,042 / 15,796
Megaminx1:43.191:56.03
top 36.6%1,081 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded2:14.54
early days — 2 solves553 / 1,183
Pyraminx8.799.79
top 43.0%4,597 / 10,224
Skewb8.7413.54
top 46.7%2,699 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves
early days — 1 solve892 / 1,058

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

Luoyang Open 2017: 13.26Xuchang Open 2017: 14.02Nanchang Open 2017: 14.07Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 16.02HUST Open 2018: 12.51Hefei Summer 2018: 11.02Xi'an Open 2018: 11.30Wuhan Open 2019: 11.6211.0216.0211 Jun 20172 May 2019

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 0.25 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.