People · United States
Daniel Y. Liu
3×3 · top 8.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LIUD04
Daniel Y. Liu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.40, set at Cool Down Berkeley 2025, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,840th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2023, he has put 203 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.25 in October 2023 to 10.40, a 40% improvement. Daniel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 10.40 | 12.88 | top 8.7% | 4,840 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 5.34 | top 18.8% | 7,468 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.48 | 10.85 | top 31.9% | 9,038 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.31 | 34.87 | top 32.5% | 4,295 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 8.25 | 13.82 | top 43.3% | 7,698 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.59 | 2:45.95 | top 47.9% | 3,628 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:48.49 | — | top 75.9% | 14,082 / 19,354 |
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
- 13 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at Berkeley Fall 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023. A 17.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- Benicia Open II 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Benicia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zerui Cheng (程泽睿) — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mitchell Lane — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.