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Zhao Liu (刘钊)

3×3 · top 54.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014LIUZ03

Zhao Liu (刘钊) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.64, set at AnHui University Open 2015, puts him in the top 54.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,019th in China. Across 2 competitions since July 2014, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.37 in July 2014 to 25.64, a 41% improvement. Zhao has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 54.0% of 284,439 all-time
25.64
signature single · AnHui University Open 2015
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×325.6431.36
top 54.0%17,019 / 28,153
2×27.5310.08
top 64.5%10,742 / 15,796
Pyraminx13.6117.22
top 76.0%7,564 / 10,224
Skewb48.39
early days — 1 solve5,001 / 5,004

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

Hefei Summer Open 2014: 43.37AnHui University Open 2015: 25.6425.6443.3713 Jul 201429 Mar 2015

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.