People · China
Zihan Liu (刘子晗)
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LIUZ04
Zihan Liu (刘子晗) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.35, set at Nanchang Spring 2024, puts her in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,318th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2023, she has put 55 official solves on the record across four events. Zihan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.35 | 9.57 | top 3.5% | 1,318 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 3.60 | 4.40 | top 8.4% | 479 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 3.95 | top 18.2% | 3,001 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.52 | 7.40 | top 24.0% | 2,761 / 10,269 |
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
- 23 Dec 2023First competition: Changsha Open 2023. A 8.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023
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 her.
- Hongze Hu (胡宏泽) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shangtong Fu (傅上桐) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Mingze Lin (林铭泽) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as she improves.