People · United States
Blake Liu
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LIUB03
Blake Liu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.01, set at Aliso Niguel Summer 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,618th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2023, he has put 169 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.50 in December 2023 to 8.01, a 36% improvement. Blake has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.01 | 10.15 | top 2.8% | 1,618 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.75 | 18.34 | top 9.7% | 1,285 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 47.34 | 49.38 | top 21.3% | 3,231 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.61 | 1:55.78 | top 30.4% | 2,137 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.81 | 1:50.59 | top 36.0% | 2,858 / 9,401 |
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
- 8 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at Aliso Niguel Summer 2024.
- 8 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Aliso Niguel Summer 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023First competition: Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023. A 15.26 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.50 at Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 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.
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alex Lehman — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.