People · Chinese Taipei
Zhi-Xuan Liu (劉至軒)
2×2 · top 5.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014LIUZ08
Zhi-Xuan Liu (劉至軒) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Big Cubes Challenge 2016, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2014, he has put 246 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.37 in December 2014 to 11.01, a 46% improvement. He has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 4.50 | top 5.1% | 136 / 1,669 | |
| Skewb | 3.81 | 5.26 | top 9.6% | 116 / 699 | |
| 3×3 | 11.01 | 12.31 | top 10.5% | 629 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.20 | 25.29 | top 23.8% | 309 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 54.85 | 1:01.94 | top 30.6% | 541 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.58 | 2:09.67 | top 47.1% | 442 / 639 | |
| 6×6 | 5:17.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 277 / 292 |
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
- 30 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Maru X 2018.
- 1 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Taichung Cube Open 2016.
- 27 Feb 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Big Cubes Challenge 2016.
- 27 Feb 2016Three personal bests in one day at Big Cubes Challenge 2016.
- 5 Apr 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.22 at Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015.
- 5 Apr 2015Four personal bests in one day at Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015.
Competitions
- UIUC Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Taichung Cube Open 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Challenge 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015 · 5 Apr 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best 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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.