People · China
Zhenyang Liu (刘臻阳)
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021LIUZ01
Zhenyang Liu (刘臻阳) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.03, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,920th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2021, he has put 52 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.53 in January 2021 to 9.03, a 28% improvement. Zhenyang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.03 | 14.15 | top 5.0% | 1,920 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.06 | 23.64 | top 20.7% | 2,098 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 5.20 | top 28.5% | 4,896 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.64 | 10.57 | top 33.2% | 3,687 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 10.47 | 17.60 | top 57.9% | 3,210 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,185 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 27.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,714 / 1,887 |
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
- 11 Apr 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021.
- 3 Jan 2021First competition: Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021. A 12.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021
- Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021 · 3 Jan 2021
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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.