People · United States
Zhitong Liu
3×3 · top 31.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014LIUZ04
Zhitong Liu has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.12, set at MIT Fall 2014, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,624th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since August 2014, he has put 120 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.88 in August 2014 to 17.12, a 25% improvement. Zhitong has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.12 | 20.42 | top 31.5% | 17,624 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.56 | 6.04 | top 33.8% | 13,653 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.38 | 16.33 | top 39.6% | 11,482 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.03 | 1:25.57 | top 45.0% | 7,574 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.27 | 56.38 | top 65.7% | 9,459 / 15,900 |
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
- 6 Dec 2014Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2014.
- 27 Sep 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.33 at GCC Fall 2014.
- 1 Aug 2014First competition: US Nationals 2014. A 22.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lexington Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Williams Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Fall 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014
- GCC Fall 2014 · 27 Sep 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tim Wong — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Samantha Raskind — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.12 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.