People · China
Jingyu Liu (刘靖宇)
3×3 · top 9.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017LIUJ10
Jingyu Liu (刘靖宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.75, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,881st in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2017, he has put 111 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.41 in August 2017 to 10.75, a 72% improvement. Jingyu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.75 | 14.25 | top 9.8% | 3,881 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.80 | 8.92 | top 18.6% | 2,158 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 46.15 | 53.64 | top 19.8% | 2,173 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.10 | 27.43 | top 31.9% | 3,123 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 4.86 | 5.95 | top 37.6% | 6,559 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 7.67 | 12.34 | top 38.9% | 2,336 / 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
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.13 at Xi'an Summer 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.13 at Xi'an Summer 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Summer 2025.
- 3 Feb 2018First sub-30 3×3: 27.31 at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017First competition: Inner Mongolia Summer 2017. A 38.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ordos Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Zitian Jin (晋子天) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhaoyi Wang (王兆仪) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.