People · China
Zhuochen Liu
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LIUZ01
Zhuochen Liu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.95, set at Back To The Ville 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 972nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 79 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.62 in January 2023 to 7.95, a 17% improvement. Zhuochen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 7.95 | 9.67 | top 2.7% | 972 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 41.58 | 44.89 | top 14.0% | 1,511 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.57 | 4.94 | top 21.1% | 3,466 / 15,796 |
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
- 5 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Back To The Ville 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Imagination Station A 2023. A 11.31 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Imagination Station A 2023.
Competitions
- Back To The Ville 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- MoreHead-to-Head 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Imagination Station A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 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.
- Darshan Bhavanasi — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Mason Langenderfer — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Henry Powell — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.