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Evan Liu

2×2 · top 0.065% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009LIUE01

Evan Liu has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.64, set at Westchester Weeknights 3 2023, puts him in the top 0.065% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in the United States. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 343 competitions since May 2009, he has put 19,138 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.13 in May 2009 to 4.87, an 88% improvement. Evan has entered 343 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.065% of 186,767 all-time
0.64
signature single · Westchester Weeknights 3 2023
19,138
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.641.79
top 0.065%22 / 40,951
3×34.876.98
top 0.096%59 / 59,724
4×422.9727.41
top 0.32%58 / 19,072
Pyraminx1.473.02
top 0.39%123 / 28,708
Clock2.694.10
top 0.41%41 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed8.8712.33
top 0.45%67 / 15,683
Skewb1.662.71
top 0.66%108 / 18,907
5×545.9151.87
top 0.82%69 / 9,401
6×61:25.751:28.55
top 1.2%46 / 4,196
7×72:16.812:25.31
top 2.0%52 / 3,184
Square-17.8110.47
top 2.8%202 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves23.67
top 3.0%81 / 2,040
Megaminx46.1053.45
top 3.5%254 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded35.5350.30
top 5.7%110 / 2,092
4×4 blindfolded2:50.643:38.25
top 7.3%29 / 440
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 15 cubes · 49:09—
top 10.4%74 / 731
5×5 blindfolded8:04.099:02.82
top 13.8%30 / 218

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

Cumberland Valley Open 2009: 42.13US Nationals 2009: 29.91Washington DC Open 2010: 17.02Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 16.46Washington DC Spring 2010: 14.94United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 16.59Virginia Open 2010: 14.94Princeton Fall 2010: 15.83River Hill Fall 2010: 14.34Washington DC Winter 2011: 13.31River Hill Spring 2011: 12.81Appalachia 2011: 11.93Ohio Fall 2011: 11.11River Hill Winter 2012: 11.58Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012: 11.65Tianjin Open 2012: 11.22Raleigh Open 2012: 10.02Jersey Shore Open 2012: 10.19United States National Championships 2012: 12.44Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 11.33Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012: 10.80Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 10.69Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013: 10.15Raleigh Open 2013: 9.65Canadian Open 2013: 10.02World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 10.19Leaf Town 2013: 8.57Hillsdale Fall 2013: 10.14Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013: 11.09Nottingham Open 2014: 9.81Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 10.40French Championship 2014: 10.22Oxford Open 2014: 9.84Nottingham Summer 2014: 9.63US Nationals 2014: 10.51Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014: 9.09Michigan Mystery 2014: 9.53Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014: 7.16River Hill Winter 2015: 8.71Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 8.97Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015: 8.94Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 8.26US Nationals 2015: 8.16Music City Speedsolving 2015: 8.24Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 8.73UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 8.86Danish Special 2015: 8.96Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015: 9.26Manchester Open 2016: 8.25Exeter Open 2016: 9.14North London Open 2016: 8.60Irish Championship 2016: 8.79European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 7.88Macclesfield Open 2016: 8.83August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 7.93Guildford Open 2016: 8.45UK Championship 2016: 9.09Birmingham Open 2016: 8.32Manchester Open 2017: 9.20Peterborough Open 2017: 8.19Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017: 9.69Crawley Open 2017: 7.86Irish Championship 2017: 7.91London Open 2017: 8.78World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.31August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 7.83Guildford Open 2017: 8.09UK Championship 2017: 8.79Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 8.99Dublin Open 2017: 7.18CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.68Pennsylvania 2018: 8.31Pittsburgh Open 2018: 8.47Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 8.99Empire State Spring 2019: 8.21George School Open 2019: 7.35Colonie Spring 2019: 6.29Pittsburgh Summer 2019: 7.08Arcadia Summer 2019: 8.24WCA World Championship 2019: 7.73CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.38Providence Fall 2019: 6.73Empire State Fall 2019: 7.27Mississippi Capstone 2019: 8.49Pittsburgh Fall 2019: 7.90Canandaigua Winter 2020: 8.14Scranton Scramble 2020: 8.83Constitution State Winter 2020: 8.70Empire State Summer A 2021: 8.90Babylon Fall 2021: 7.00Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 7.88Empire State Winter B 2022: 7.83Maine Spring 2022: 8.76Empire State Spring 2022: 9.81CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 8.05ROC the Cube 2022: 8.45New York Championship 2022: 7.88Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 8.23Granite State 2022: 7.24Flower City Cube Fest 2022: 6.35Pittsburgh Summer B 2022: 7.40St. Joseph's Prep 2022: 4.88Westport Summer 2022: 7.68Amherst Open 2022: 7.16Babylon Summer 2022: 7.67Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 7.06Maine Fall 2022: 7.43Empire State Fall 2022: 6.52Burke Mountain Cubing 2022: 7.38Loon Cubikon 2022: 7.26New York Yopen 2022: 8.08West Chester Fall 2022: 7.86Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 8.14New York New Year 2023: 8.20Puzzling in Providence 2023: 8.45Mum's the Word 2023: 8.36Troy Story 2023: 7.85Empire State Winter Whirl 2023: 6.79Canton Cube Day 2023: 8.14Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023: 6.95NJIT Spring 2023: 7.65Nickel City 2023: 7.29Empire State Spring 2023: 7.11PBs in Palisades 2023: 8.32South Jersey Speedsolving 2023: 7.40GCU Spring 2023: 6.36Connecticut Spring 2023: 5.88North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023: 7.95Wilmington Warmup 2023: 7.62ROC the Cube 2023: 7.29CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 6.95Silver City Side Events 2023: 8.19Jay House of Cubes 2023: 7.19Westport Warmup 2023: 7.94Westchester Weeknights 4 2023: 7.15CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.71Chemung Cubing 2023: 7.19Panama Nationals 2023: 8.17Mystic Cubikon 2023: 8.66Newark's On Track 2023: 7.58Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023: 6.69Railroad City 2023: 8.16South Deerfield Side Events 2023: 8.37CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 7.36River Hill Fall 2023: 7.65ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 7.26Cubes on the Bayside 2023: 6.70Hudson Valley 2023: 7.64Lake Placid 2023: 8.28Cicero 2023: 7.95Manhattan Mini B 2023: 7.67New York New Year 2024: 6.99Connecticut Winter 2024: 7.58GCU Winter 2024: 6.08Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024: 7.61Parsippany Mini AM 2024: 7.66Empire State Winter 2024: 8.21Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024: 8.01PBs in Palisades 2024: 6.53NYU Winter 2024: 6.33New-Cumberland County 2024: 7.86Northampton Newcomers D 2024: 7.43Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024: 6.68Empire State Side Events 2024: 8.40Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024: 6.61Ridgefield Spring 2024: 6.96Azores Cubikon 2024: 7.75Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024: 7.21Empire State Spring Special 2024: 7.40North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024: 7.43QuabbiNxN 2024: 7.53New Jersey Championship 2024: 7.01Empire State NxN 2024: 7.15Puzzles in Pottsville 2024: 7.08ROC the Cube 2024: 6.63Binghamton Cube Day 2024: 7.73Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 6.87Cubing in the Ocean County 2024: 7.45Gouverneur 2024: 6.01Saratoga Springs Summer 2024: 7.44Westport Summer 2024: 5.95Niagara Falls Summer 2024: 7.43Hawaiʻi Big Island Summer 2024: 7.63Kailua Liʻi Pōʻalua 2024: 9.10New Rochelle at Nite 5 2024: 8.08Saratoga Silent Springs 2024: 6.83Hudson Valley Summer 2024: 7.05New York Championship 2024: 6.71High Five Bloomsburg 2024: 7.80Tri-State Corner Comms PA 2024: 7.62Christmas City Cubing PA 2024: 5.83CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 6.68Gouverneur Quick & Quiet 2024: 6.66Cumberland County Fall 2024: 7.21ALL1- Empire State 2024: 7.36Ticonderoga 2024: 8.36Lake George 2024: 5.65Be Placid in Lake Placid 2024: 5.87Saranac Lake 2024: 7.16Flushing Open PM 2024: 4.87Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024: 6.16Long Island Winter Solstice 2024: 7.28New New York New Year 2024: 7.64Kisco Cubing 2025: 8.21Pop Off Princeton 2025: 7.85Binghamton Winter 2025: 7.69Puzzles in Pottsville 2025: 8.44Rutgers Winter 2025: 6.73Hudson Valley Winter 2025: 6.56Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 7.48Empire State Winter 2025: 5.82New-Cumberland County 2025: 7.31Liberty Science Center Open A 2025: 7.17Great Peconic Bay 2025: 6.70Catskills Spring 2025: 5.60Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025: 6.14Binghamton Cube Day 2025: 7.36Sicily Spring 2025: 8.05Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025: 7.99Horseheads Spring 2025: 8.38American Dream NJ 2025: 7.24Spring Bozeman 2025: 7.69East Berlin Eccentric Blocks PA 2025: 7.88Anchorage Spring 2025: 7.50Saratoga Spring-s 2025: 5.96ROC the Cube NY 2025: 6.21Horseheads Odds 2025: 7.09St. Bonaventure 2025: 7.30Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.92Long Island Summer 2025: 6.76Binghamton Summer 2025: 6.81Saratoga Springs Summer 2025: 6.50Ithaca Summer 2025: 7.63Cubing in the Ocean County 2025: 7.59Brookhaven Summer 2025: 5.52CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 7.07Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025: 6.10Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025: 7.16New York Championship 2025: 6.42Hawaiʻi Big Island Fall 2025: 7.87ʻAiea Liʻi ʻOkakopa 2025: 8.18Mahalo iā Maui 2025: 7.23Burke Mountain Cubikon 2025: 7.20Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 7.04Turning in Corning 2025: 8.81Elmira Miracle 2025: 8.53New York New Year 2025: 8.04UNSA Speedcubing Spring 2026: 7.44Elmira Winter 2026: 7.89Corning Winter 2026: 5.43Mohawk Valley Winter 2026: 6.97Liberty Science Center Open A 2026: 5.98Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026: 8.62Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026: 7.17Juneau Cubing Spring 2026: 7.85Potsdam Puzzling 2026: 7.30PBs in Palisades Spring 2026: 7.38Nebraska Championship 2026: 7.73Seneca Lake 2026: 5.84Hemlock Lake 2026: 6.90Puerto Rico Cubing Open 2026: 7.80Puzzles in Pittsford 2026: 7.61Alfred University 2026: 6.46Great Peconic Bay 2026: 6.43ROC the Cube NY 2026: 7.46Palmyra Spring 2026: 6.57Hudson Valley Spring 2026: 7.43Garland City NY 2026: 5.61Gwada Cubing 2026: 7.77No Skewba Diving in Greenport 2026: 7.39Chenango County Summer 2026: 6.80Corning Summer 2026: 7.37Missouri Championship 2026: 7.60Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 6.51Catskills Summer 2026: 6.494.8742.1330 May 200929 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.