People · Chinese Taipei
Guang-Yao Liu (劉光曜)
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022LIUG01
Guang-Yao Liu (劉光曜) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.73, set at Taiwan Championship 2022, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2022, he has put 42 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.81 in January 2022 to 7.73, a 65% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.73 | 11.31 | top 2.3% | 136 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 40.56 | — | early days — 3 solves | 288 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.53 | 27.37 | top 24.7% | 320 / 802 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.82 | 1:35.20 | top 29.7% | 331 / 639 |
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
- 16 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.73 at Taiwan Championship 2022.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 11.11 at Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.11 at Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022.
- 14 Jan 2022First competition: Taiwan Open 2022. A 21.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 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.
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yun-Kai Yeh (葉昀愷) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.