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Zimo Liao (廖子默)

3×3 · top 28.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017LIAO14

Zimo Liao (廖子默) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.20, set at Qinhuangdao Open 2019, puts him in the top 28.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,560th in China. Across 7 competitions since September 2017, he has put 42 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.89 in September 2017 to 16.20, a 40% improvement. Zimo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.5% of 284,439 all-time
16.20
signature single · Qinhuangdao Open 2019
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.2016.97
top 28.5%10,560 / 28,153
4×41:21.17
early days — 2 solves4,876 / 5,926
2×27.498.87
top 64.2%10,700 / 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

Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 26.89Beijing Open 2018: 21.59Beijing Summer 2018: 26.12China Championship 2018: 17.99Beijing Winter 2018: 17.43Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 16.20Beijing Summer 2019: 16.6616.2026.8917 Sep 20177 Jun 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 21.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.