People · United States
Jonathan Liu
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017LIUJ02
Jonathan Liu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,884th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2017, he has put 123 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in March 2017 to 9.13, a 33% improvement. Jonathan 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 12.77 | top 5.2% | 2,884 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 50.83 | 59.02 | top 25.7% | 3,967 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.30 | 4.85 | top 30.3% | 12,066 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.30 | 37.33 | top 32.3% | 4,224 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.47 | 1:56.46 | top 42.2% | 3,430 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 26.79 | 40.61 | top 43.0% | 2,794 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.28 | 2:28.62 | top 51.4% | 3,843 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 11.24 | 12.40 | top 62.1% | 11,475 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 7:22.02 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,647 / 3,184 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.14 | 28.43 | top 88.0% | 25,904 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 46.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,620 / 8,927 |
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
- 1 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019.
- 18 Mar 2017First competition: MVCS Spring 2017. A 14.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018 · 15 Jul 2018
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- MVCS Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Christopher Yen — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eric Yang — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Siddharth Manchkanti — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.