People · China
Zongyuan Liu (刘宗沅)
Pyraminx · top 3.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024LIUZ05
Zongyuan Liu (刘宗沅) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.87, set at Dalian Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 375th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2024, he has put 83 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.84 in April 2024 to 2.87, a 51% improvement. Zongyuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.87 | 5.10 | top 3.2% | 375 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 8.77 | 11.35 | top 4.3% | 1,651 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.01 | top 11.0% | 1,691 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 5.27 | 6.85 | top 20.3% | 1,253 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,798 / 5,926 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.77 at Dandong Yalu River Open 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dandong Yalu River Open 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024First competition: Shenyang Spring 2024. A 10.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
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.
- Heyu Fu (付荷语) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xiran Hu (胡希然) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.