People · China
Zhiliang Liu (刘致良)
3×3 · top 29.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LIUZ13
Zhiliang Liu (刘致良) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.46, set at Yunnan Open 2019, puts him in the top 29.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,801st in China. Across 9 competitions since October 2017, he has put 60 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.22 in October 2017 to 16.46, a 19% improvement. Zhiliang 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.46 | 19.55 | top 29.3% | 10,801 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:02.59 | — | top 34.3% | 486 / 1,183 |
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
- 29 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.65 at Guilin Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2017First competition: China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017. A 20.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2021 · 16 May 2021
- Nanning Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Yunnan Open 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Guilin Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018
- Guilin Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
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.
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yucheng Yang (阳玉成) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
- A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.