People · China
Ji Liu (刘佶)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026LIUJ01
Ji Liu (刘佶) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.07, set at Beijing Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 500th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2026, he has put 78 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.01 in January 2026 to 7.07, a 22% improvement. Ji 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.07 | 9.80 | top 1.4% | 500 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 59.87 | 1:12.79 | top 5.4% | 255 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.43 | top 6.2% | 878 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 36.51 | 40.39 | top 8.2% | 842 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.44 | 22.12 | top 16.3% | 1,607 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.52 | 2:30.78 | early days — 3 solves | 521 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:04.75 | — | early days — 1 solve | 636 / 1,261 |
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 Jan 2026First competition: Beijing Winter 2026. A 9.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 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.
- Tianlan Geng (耿天澜) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yichen Ye (叶逸晨) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Junze Huang (黄俊泽) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 9.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.