People · China
Zhaodong Liu
3×3 · top 19.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LIUZ16
Zhaodong Liu has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.63, set at Warm Up Sydney 2019, puts him in the top 19.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,801st in China. Across 10 competitions since August 2018, he has put 158 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.42 in August 2018 to 13.63, a 42% improvement. Zhaodong has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 13.63 | 21.66 | top 19.8% | 7,801 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.33 | 1:17.16 | top 48.2% | 4,470 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.79 | 2:07.81 | top 50.5% | 2,145 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.30 | 13.62 | top 55.4% | 5,804 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 6.66 | 7.61 | top 57.6% | 9,839 / 15,939 |
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
- 6 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at Warm Up Sydney 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Northside Cube Day 2019.
- 6 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.20 at Australian Nationals 2018.
- 19 Aug 2018First competition: Warm Up Sydney 2018. A 23.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sydney Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fortitude Sydney 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Harold Park Classic 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Sydney 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Northside Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Warm Up Sydney 2018 · 19 Aug 2018
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.
- Loic Chiang — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sora Sato — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sam Moliver — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 31,087 people have one; it is 11.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.