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Jerry Liu

3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019LIUT07

Jerry Liu has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.11, set at Sylvan Solves 2022, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,086th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2019, he has put 384 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.22 in December 2019 to 8.11, a 55% improvement. Jerry has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.11
signature single · Sylvan Solves 2022
384
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.1110.96
top 3.0%1,086 / 28,153
4×430.5035.48
top 3.1%314 / 5,926
5×51:04.551:12.13
top 8.1%386 / 2,816
6×61:56.442:03.50
top 9.7%211 / 1,349
2×22.743.52
top 11.4%1,748 / 15,796
Skewb4.075.75
top 11.4%672 / 5,004
Megaminx1:12.531:20.75
top 17.2%517 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed18.9223.11
top 17.6%1,738 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded1:23.46
early days — 1 solve284 / 1,183
7×73:42.753:46.36
top 24.5%485 / 1,261
Pyraminx6.829.17
top 26.4%2,957 / 10,224
Square-126.4136.17
top 42.2%728 / 1,362
Clock43.98
early days — 1 solve1,806 / 1,843

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

New Zealand Nationals 2019: 18.22Auckland Summer Open 2020: 12.64Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 13.02Spruce Grove Summer 2022: 11.35Rockies Rager Fall 2022: 10.87Sylvan Solves 2022: 8.11Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023: 8.96Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2023: 9.32Calgary Summer Classic 2023: 10.63Foothills NxNs 2023: 9.04Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2024: 10.128.1118.2213 Dec 201927 Jan 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.