People · Canada
Evan Liu
Megaminx · top 1.3% of 34,786 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017LIUE01
Evan Liu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 38.59, set at Trois-Rivières 2021, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Canada. Until November 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since January 2017, he has put 634 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.16 in January 2017 to 8.76, a 38% improvement. Evan has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 38.59 | 42.64 | top 1.3% | 9 / 1,375 | |
| Skewb | 2.63 | 4.91 | top 3.4% | 54 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 | 8.76 | 10.10 | top 4.3% | 415 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 3.89 | top 4.6% | 287 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 38.33 | 43.81 | top 10.1% | 238 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.13 | 25.98 | top 15.4% | 326 / 2,620 | |
| Square-1 | 16.10 | 18.91 | top 18.9% | 158 / 952 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.06 | 7.79 | top 20.4% | 842 / 4,858 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.76 | 1:31.13 | top 22.2% | 258 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 2:47.52 | 2:54.04 | top 34.9% | 181 / 665 | |
| Clock | 13.33 | 15.26 | top 41.0% | 364 / 1,029 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.65 | 4:48.17 | early days — 3 solves | 170 / 503 |
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
- 2 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Side Events 2023.
- 4 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at UBC Open 2020.
- 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at South Surrey Side Events 2019.
- 4 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at UBC Open 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at UBC Open 2019.
Competitions
- Winnipeg Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Victoria Winter 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Halifax Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Kingston Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Side Events 2023 · 2 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Trois-Rivières 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- South Surrey Side Events 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Island 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Whistler Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Kenny Zhong — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 8.59 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.