People · China
Zhenyu Liu (刘振宇)
2×2 · top 8.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011LIUZ01
Zhenyu Liu (刘振宇) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,279th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2011, he has put 173 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Zhenyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 4.96 | top 8.6% | 1,279 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 12.00 | top 9.2% | 3,646 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 40.33 | 46.23 | top 12.6% | 1,381 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.61 | 20.91 | top 14.2% | 1,435 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.88 | 2:22.35 | top 59.4% | 2,380 / 2,857 |
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
- 18 Oct 2014Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2014.
- 24 May 2014Three personal bests in one day at Zhejiang University Open 2014.
- 1 May 2014Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 23 Jan 2011First competition: Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011. A 12.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Nanjing Autumn 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University Open 2014 · 24 May 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011 · 23 Jan 2011 — 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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jinhao Zheng (郑金昊) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Caiqing Tang (汤才庆) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.