People · China
Zihao Liu (刘梓浩)
3×3 · top 12.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015LIUZ10
Zihao Liu (刘梓浩) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.65, set at Wenzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,008th in China. Across 9 competitions since October 2015, he has put 133 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.35 in October 2015 to 11.65, a 56% improvement. Zihao 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 | 11.65 | 14.72 | top 12.7% | 5,008 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.10 | 7.29 | top 40.6% | 7,022 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.29 | 14.66 | top 55.3% | 5,759 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.16 at Hangzhou Autumn 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.51 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015First competition: China Championship 2015. A 26.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lishui University Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
- Wenzhou Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015
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.
- Anchang Wang (王安畅) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shanshan Wang (王姗姗) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.