People · China
Jiayan Liu
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LIUJ10
Jiayan Liu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.38, set at Ontario Championship 2024, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,357th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 52 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.13 in November 2022 to 10.38, a 55% improvement. Jiayan 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 | 10.38 | 11.21 | top 8.6% | 3,357 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.65 | top 13.9% | 2,167 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,488 / 5,926 |
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
- 26 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at Pickering D 2023.
- 8 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.27 at Appleby Winter B 2023.
- 27 Nov 2022First competition: Oakville Fall B 2022. A 23.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022
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.
- Nolan Jeanneret — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Anthony Iskander — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Adam Lyne — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.