People · China
Ji Liu (刘佶)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026LIUJ01
Ji Liu (刘佶) has been competing for 9 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 512th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2026, he has put 113 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.01 in January 2026 to 7.07, a 22% improvement. Ji has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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% | 512 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 31.52 | 34.22 | top 3.9% | 389 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 59.87 | 1:08.13 | top 5.5% | 272 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.03 | top 6.2% | 878 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.44 | 22.12 | top 16.3% | 1,640 / 5,994 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.52 | 2:30.78 | early days — 3 solves | 534 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 4:04.75 | — | early days — 1 solve | 646 / 1,274 |
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
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiqin Sun (孙弋钦) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tianlan Geng (耿天澜) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.