People · China
Zixiong Liu (刘子熊)
Pyraminx · top 7.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018LIUZ17
Zixiong Liu (刘子熊) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.87, set at Chengdu Winter 2019, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 836th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2018, he has put 174 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.55 in October 2018 to 12.65, a 32% improvement. Zixiong has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.87 | 6.40 | top 7.0% | 836 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 4.46 | 9.69 | top 14.2% | 864 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 5.05 | top 15.3% | 2,436 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.65 | 14.91 | top 16.2% | 6,352 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.94 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,946 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,678 / 5,922 |
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
- 27 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Autumn 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.08 at China Championship 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2018.
- 14 Oct 2018First competition: Lanzhou Autumn 2018. A 20.38 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.55 at Lanzhou Autumn 2018.
Competitions
- Chengdu Winter 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Urumqi Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Autumn 2018 · 14 Oct 2018 — 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.
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziqiang Tong (仝自强) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.