People · United States
Andy Liu
3×3 · top 9.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LIUA05
Andy Liu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.74, set at Virginia Championship 2023, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,366th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2022, he has put 277 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Andy has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.74 | 14.33 | top 9.7% | 5,366 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 3.45 | top 13.2% | 5,266 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 7.50 | top 17.3% | 4,655 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 51.88 | 55.42 | top 27.1% | 4,227 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 6.97 | 11.14 | top 33.5% | 5,697 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.63 | 1:49.00 | top 34.5% | 2,503 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 12.56 | 13.86 | top 37.6% | 3,062 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.44 | 41.96 | top 50.0% | 6,985 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.97 | 2:15.86 | top 57.8% | 4,992 / 9,537 |
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
- 10 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2023.
- 10 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Beach Spring 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022. A 11.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Michael Nielsen — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ledger Ramirez — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Charles Jerome — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.