People · China
Ziyu Liu (刘子玉)
2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019LIUZ04
Ziyu Liu (刘子玉) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Zhengzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,255th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2019, he has put 54 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.86 in April 2019 to 2.46, a 14% improvement. Ziyu has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 4.11 | top 8.5% | 1,255 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.74 | 6.73 | top 11.6% | 1,387 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 16.36 | 19.83 | top 29.0% | 10,705 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.76 | — | top 48.6% | 4,430 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:02.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,804 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.36 at Zhengzhou Open 2019.
- 26 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First competition: Anyang Open 2019. A 20.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Anyang Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 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.
- Zibo Xu (徐子博) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Songtao Zhang (张松涛) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jinpeng Jia (贾锦鹏) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.