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Jie Liu (刘捷)

3×3 blindfolded · top 2.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025LIUJ18

Jie Liu (刘捷) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 23.82, set at Nanning Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in China. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2025, he has put 11 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 1:22.15 in August 2025 to 23.82, a 71% improvement. Jie has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 2.5% of 12,178 all-time
23.82
signature single · Nanning Open 2026
11
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded23.8253.62
top 2.5%38 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves
early days — 2 solves691 / 1,058

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

Guangzhou 3x3 Quiet Day 2025: 1:22.15Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 30.84Nanning Open 2026: 23.8223.821:22.153 Aug 202523 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. 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-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 3.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.