People · China
Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋)
3×3 · top 3.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LIUZ14
Zhenyang Liu (刘振洋) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.14, set at Hangzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,145th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 157 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Zhenyang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.14 | 8.54 | top 3.1% | 1,145 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.16 | 13.59 | top 3.2% | 288 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 2.62 | top 3.9% | 534 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 35.00 | 43.96 | top 6.8% | 703 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.31 | 1:14.77 | top 12.9% | 360 / 1,693 |
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
- 2 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Longyan Open 2018. A 8.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Lukas Shelley — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.