People · United States
Joseph Liu
2×2 · top 41.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023LIUJ12
Joseph Liu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.17, set at Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025, puts him in the top 41.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,943rd in the United States. Across 19 competitions since September 2023, he has put 349 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Joseph has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.17 | 10.45 | top 41.5% | 16,943 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 14.55 | 17.52 | top 46.1% | 3,815 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.31 | 12.95 | top 47.5% | 13,912 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 11.75 | 18.00 | top 64.8% | 12,215 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 31.37 | 35.85 | top 64.9% | 39,511 / 60,666 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.28 | 3:19.37 | top 73.3% | 5,837 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.05 | — | top 78.4% | 14,665 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:10.66 | — | top 89.3% | 13,813 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 4:03.23 | — | top 92.2% | 8,873 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 1:22.69 | — | top 93.6% | 6,446 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 8:26.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,202 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 11:43.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,220 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 12:29.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,117 / 2,128 |
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
- 17 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Evanston Qualifier 2026.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Get to Work Chicagoland 2023. A 31.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026
- Evanston Qualifier 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Racine Rendezvous 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Evanston Fall Favorites A 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- Ackerman Spring 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Minxville Indiana 2024 · 4 May 2024
- UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Concordia Turning Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Get to Work Chicagoland 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- David Liu — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Brian Johnson — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carter Kucala — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-12 Clock single — 11,464 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.