People · United States
Evan Liu (刘云从)
3×3 blindfolded · top 6.3% of 12,178 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LIUY01
Evan Liu (刘云从) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 38.17, set at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 124th in the United States. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.83 in May 2023 to 10.28, a 20% improvement. Evan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 blindfolded | 38.17 | 48.66 | top 6.3% | 124 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 12.11 | top 8.3% | 4,561 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 7:15.47 | — | early days — 1 solve | 162 / 440 |
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
- 6 May 2023First competition: Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023. A 15.45 3×3 single to start from.
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.83 at Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Long Beach Fantastic Memory Challenge 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 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.
- Cary Huang — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shane Grogan — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Graham Siggins — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 8.17 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.