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Jinyi Liu (刘瑾怡)

Pyraminx · top 6.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018LIUJ08

Jinyi Liu (刘瑾怡) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.66, set at Guangzhou Special 2026, puts her in the top 6.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 724th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2018, she has put 174 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 12.28 in May 2018 to 3.66, a 70% improvement. Jinyi has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 6.1% of 129,321 all-time
3.66
signature single · Guangzhou Special 2026
174
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.665.90
top 6.1%724 / 10,224
3×312.7116.10
top 16.4%6,437 / 28,153
Skewb6.088.97
top 26.3%1,633 / 5,004
2×24.325.86
top 30.6%5,249 / 15,796
Clock16.0118.70
top 51.9%1,214 / 1,843

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

Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018: 12.28Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018: 11.53Nanchang Good Morning 2021: 8.97Nanchang Spring 2024: 5.89Nanchang Spring 2025: 5.00Quangang Afternoon 2025: 5.20Nanchang Winter 2025: 5.34Fuzhou Open 2026: 5.51Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 6.76Guangzhou Special 2026: 3.66Nanchang Summer 2026: 5.563.6612.285 May 201818 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as she improves.