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Zhaobin Liu (刘兆彬)

4×4 · top 15.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LIUZ08

Zhaobin Liu (刘兆彬) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 42.87, set at Xiamen Open 2017, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,689th in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2016, he has put 14 official solves on the record across one event. His 4×4 best has come down from 50.97 in May 2016 to 42.87, a 16% improvement. Zhaobin has entered two competitions.

4×4
best event — top 15.6% of 83,917 all-time
42.87
signature single · Xiamen Open 2017
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×442.8744.69
top 15.6%1,689 / 5,926

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

Xiamen Open 2016: 50.97Xiamen Open 2017: 42.8742.8750.978 May 201614 May 2017

Best single per competition, 4×4. 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-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.