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Jici Liu (刘纪赐)

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009LIUJ04

Jici Liu (刘纪赐) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Zhuhai Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 367th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since August 2009, he has put 951 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.34 in August 2009 to 9.13, a 36% improvement. Jici has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.68
signature single · Zhuhai Open 2017
951
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.683.25
top 3.0%367 / 15,796
3×39.1311.26
top 5.2%1,969 / 28,153
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves32.00
top 6.2%60 / 1,058
4×438.6547.77
top 10.5%1,114 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed18.2322.09
top 15.7%1,541 / 5,922
Pyraminx6.139.98
top 21.0%2,403 / 10,224
Megaminx1:37.771:50.53
top 33.2%996 / 1,678
Skewb7.539.68
top 37.7%2,255 / 5,004
5×52:03.413:35.54
top 51.3%2,123 / 2,816

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

Shenzhen Summer Open 2009: 14.34Shenzhen University 2011: 12.03Xiamen Open 2011: 12.55Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 14.44Guangdong Open 2013: 10.53Guangzhou Small Cubes 2014: 13.61Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 12.11Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014: 10.20Guangdong Open 2014: 11.11Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 10.63Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 11.06China Championship 2015: 11.01Shenzhen New Year 2016: 11.17Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 10.78Zhuhai Open 2017: 12.61Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 11.42Guangdong Open 2018: 11.42Shenzhen Open 2018: 10.39China Championship 2018: 9.78Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 11.39Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.36Shenzhen Open 2019: 11.44Shandong Open 2019: 10.87Yunnan Open 2019: 11.24Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020: 13.31Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 9.63Guangdong Open 2021: 10.52Shenzhen Open 2023: 12.57Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 10.04Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 11.25Zhuhai Open 2025: 12.21Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 9.13Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 12.11Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 9.98Foshan Open 2026: 11.82Nanchang Summer 2026: 12.98Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 10.77Maoming Open 2026: 11.11Zhanjiang Open 2026: 10.87Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026: 11.95Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 11.729.1314.4422 Aug 20092 Sep 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.