People · United States
Dominic Liaw
3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022LIAW01
Dominic Liaw has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2026, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,340th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2022, he has put 320 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.83 in October 2022 to 10.14, a 59% improvement. Dominic 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.14 | 12.66 | top 7.9% | 4,340 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 4.11 | top 9.0% | 3,543 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.97 | 28.85 | top 28.7% | 3,704 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.86 | — | top 62.0% | 10,837 / 19,072 |
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 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Longhorn Cube Day 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.89 at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 20 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023.
- 7 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.78 at DFW Cubing Spring 2023.
- 23 Oct 2022First competition: DFW Cubing Fall 2022. A 24.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube With Attention in Denton 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Wanger II — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
- Fletcher Berry — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.