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Jiawen Liu (刘佳雯)

Skewb · top 0.049% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LIUJ15

Jiawen Liu (刘佳雯) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.00, set at Nanchang Spring 2025, puts her in the top 0.049% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in China. Until July 2019, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since December 2023, she has put 548 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Skewb best has come down from 2.52 in December 2023 to 1.00, a 60% improvement. Jiawen has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.049% of 73,281 all-time
1.00
signature single · Nanchang Spring 2025
548
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb1.002.20
top 0.049%3 / 5,004
Pyraminx2.754.08
top 2.8%333 / 10,224
3×38.1611.02
top 3.1%1,131 / 28,153
4×441.1944.86
top 13.5%1,463 / 5,926
2×23.334.44
top 18.1%2,949 / 15,796

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

Changsha Open 2023: 2.52Shenzhen Open 2023: 2.55Luoyang Spring 2024: 2.07Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 2.06Guangzhou Special 2024: 1.73Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 1.48Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 2.22Hangzhou Open 2024: 1.72Xi'an New Year 2025: 2.45Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 2.31Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 2.35Nanchang Spring 2025: 1.00Beijing Summer 2025: 2.57Zibo Open 2025: 2.30Zhengzhou Summer IV 2025: 1.34Shenyang Autumn 2025: 1.61Hefei Open 2025: 1.99Hangzhou Winter 2025: 1.52Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 1.56Beijing Winter 2026: 1.36Beijing Spring Open 2026: 2.46Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 1.82Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 1.78Nanchang Summer 2026: 1.81Xi'an Summer 2026: 1.91Wuhu Open 2026: 1.63Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 1.17Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 1.631.002.5723 Dec 202329 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as she improves.