People · Canada
Andy Liu
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015LIUA01
Andy Liu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.98, set at Greater Toronto 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 275th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2015, he has put 245 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.47 in July 2015 to 7.98, a 61% improvement. Andy has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.98 | 10.34 | top 2.8% | 275 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 3.93 | top 6.3% | 408 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 5.72 | 8.35 | top 23.6% | 566 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 51.27 | 56.89 | top 26.3% | 671 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.86 | 12.86 | top 51.9% | 2,494 / 4,858 |
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
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Pickering Fall A 2023.
- 25 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Michigan 2016.
- 26 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.32 at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016.
- 13 Sep 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.95 at MCC Gamma 2015.
- 10 Jul 2015First competition: Michigan 2015. A 20.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Mini Morning 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Mississauga Newcomers B 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017 · 25 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016 · 14 May 2016
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- MCC Gamma 2015 · 13 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2015 · 10 Jul 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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Zoller — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- James Hildreth — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.