People · China
Jing Liu (刘菁)
3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021LIUJ01
Jing Liu (刘菁) has been competing for 6 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.77, set at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026, puts her in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,688th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2021, she has put 103 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 20.86 in January 2021 to 8.77, a 58% improvement. Jing has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.77 | 10.70 | top 4.4% | 1,688 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 4.81 | top 15.2% | 2,461 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.35 | 9.31 | top 30.8% | 3,425 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 6.77 | 12.63 | top 31.9% | 1,969 / 5,030 |
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
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Chongqing Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 12.92 at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.92 at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023.
- 3 Jan 2021First competition: Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021. A 20.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021 · 3 Jan 2021
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.
- Shengze Tang (唐圣泽) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shuda Huang (黄黍达) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as she improves.