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Zhen Liu (刘震)

3×3 · top 18.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012LIUZ01

Zhen Liu (刘震) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.28, set at Changsha Spring 2012, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,339th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2012, he has put 36 official solves on the record across four events. Zhen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.5% of 288,433 all-time
13.28
signature single · Changsha Spring 2012
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.2815.53
top 18.5%7,339 / 28,499
3×3 one-handed24.4731.70
top 32.9%3,208 / 5,994
4×41:05.151:27.44
top 42.0%4,065 / 5,999
2×27.098.54
top 61.2%10,367 / 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

Changsha Spring 2012: 13.28China Championship 2015: 16.30Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 15.3413.2816.308 Apr 201228 Feb 2021

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-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 4.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.