People · New Zealand
Jacob Liu
3×3 · top 18.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024LIUJ16
Jacob Liu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.25, set at Dualling in Milford 2026, puts him in the top 18.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 396th in New Zealand. Across 10 competitions since June 2024, he has put 72 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.46 in June 2024 to 13.25, a 59% improvement. Jacob has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.25 | 15.41 | top 18.4% | 396 / 2,145 | |
| 2×2 | 10.59 | 12.61 | top 80.1% | 1,334 / 1,627 |
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
- 10 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.36 at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.42 at Springing into Auckland 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 21.61 at New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024First competition: Auckland Matariki Open 2024. A 32.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dualling in Milford 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Clauckland 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Matariki Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
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.
- Elyas Eyou — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brandon Harris — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Levi Eyou — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-10 2×2 single — 147,358 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.