People · United States
Damian Liu-Ruiz
3×3 · top 7.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LIUR02
Damian Liu-Ruiz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.82, set at UCLA Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,892nd in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 120 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.18 in March 2023 to 9.82, a 43% improvement. Damian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.82 | 10.97 | top 7.0% | 3,892 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 4.31 | top 15.1% | 6,012 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.21 | 8.62 | top 19.9% | 3,190 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.17 | 1:22.45 | top 22.0% | 1,536 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 3:40.22 | 3:52.02 | top 23.6% | 678 / 3,236 | |
| 4×4 | 50.70 | 58.27 | top 25.7% | 4,009 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.52 | 13.45 | top 49.2% | 14,503 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 15.75 | 20.08 | top 50.9% | 4,276 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,610 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 3:36.27 | 3:50.45 | early days — 3 solves | 2,210 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.25 | 51.44 | top 61.3% | 8,745 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 59.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,657 / 6,846 |
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
- 20 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at UCLA Summer 2025.
- 20 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at UCLA Summer 2025.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Agoura Cubing Returns 2024.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023First competition: Circle City Turbocharged 2023. A 17.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Agoura Cubing Returns 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Give Back RPV 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
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 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zack Rubio — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.