People · China
Bojiang Liu (刘柏江)
4×4 · top 9.9% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010LIUB02
Bojiang Liu (刘柏江) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 38.13, set at Beijing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,047th in China. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2010, he has put 233 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.59 in May 2010 to 11.71, a 14% improvement. Bojiang 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 38.13 | 43.98 | top 9.9% | 1,047 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.91 | 5.36 | top 12.6% | 1,511 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.71 | 12.50 | top 12.9% | 5,093 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 4.20 | top 18.3% | 2,966 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.55 | 28.09 | top 27.5% | 2,698 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.15 | 2:13.58 | top 42.0% | 1,860 / 2,816 |
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
- 12 Sep 2010Three personal bests in one day at Shandong 2010.
- 9 May 2010First competition: Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010. A 13.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010 · 26 Dec 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Winter Open 2010 · 5 Dec 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Shandong 2010 · 12 Sep 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 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.
- Hong Zhang (张宏) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Zesong Yuan (苑泽松) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Fei Xue (薛非) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.13 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.