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Zhijie Liu (刘智杰)

3×3 · top 25.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017LIUZ06

Zhijie Liu (刘智杰) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.38, set at Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019, puts him in the top 25.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,648th in China. Across 4 competitions since May 2017, he has put 80 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.43 in May 2017 to 15.38, a 17% improvement. Zhijie has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.38
signature single · Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.3819.86
top 25.7%9,648 / 28,153
2×24.077.28
top 27.4%4,649 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.7413.80
top 58.6%6,062 / 10,224

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

Zhuhai Open 2017: 18.43Zhongshan Open 2017: 18.63Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2018: 19.10Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 15.3815.3819.1029 May 20171 Jun 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 29 May 2017First competition: Zhuhai Open 2017. A 18.43 3×3 single to start from.

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.