People · Canada
Daniel Liu
Clock · top 21.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024LIUD03
Daniel Liu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at Pickering Favourites Spring 2025, puts him in the top 21.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 186th in Canada. Across 17 competitions since April 2024, he has put 235 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.26 in April 2024 to 15.40, a 31% improvement. Daniel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 9.25 | 10.60 | top 21.2% | 186 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 | 15.40 | 19.58 | top 25.8% | 2,477 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 6.29 | 8.70 | top 28.0% | 675 / 2,907 | |
| 2×2 | 4.65 | 6.56 | top 34.9% | 2,401 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.79 | 13.17 | top 43.0% | 2,008 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.06 | 1:33.71 | top 59.1% | 1,670 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 823 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 45.63 | 1:03.14 | top 71.8% | 668 / 952 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.80 | 1:04.48 | top 72.5% | 1,754 / 2,620 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 66 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 275 / 283 |
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
- 28 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.49 at Wrap It Up Barrie 2024.
- 28 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wrap It Up Barrie 2024.
- 30 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First competition: Thornhill Spring 2024. A 22.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kawartha Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Pickering Favourites Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Western Ontario Winter 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mississauga Newcomers A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wrap It Up Barrie 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Canada 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Mississauga Blindfolded 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Newmarket Side Events 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Mini Morning 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Thornhill Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
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.
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anthony Iskander — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.