People · United States
Joshua Liu
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023LIUJ13
Joshua Liu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.92, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 781st in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2023, he has put 376 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.45 in November 2023 to 6.92, a 40% improvement. Joshua has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 6.92 | 9.73 | top 1.2% | 781 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.19 | 3.38 | top 1.5% | 403 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 2.65 | top 4.8% | 1,938 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 37.52 | 42.62 | top 9.4% | 1,411 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.94 | 22.26 | top 12.5% | 1,641 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 6.84 | 8.78 | top 32.5% | 5,502 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 11.63 | 15.07 | top 33.2% | 2,681 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.05 | 1:52.44 | top 37.0% | 2,984 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.34 | 1:58.00 | top 38.5% | 2,827 / 8,026 |
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 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 16 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 6.92 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023First competition: Virginia Championship 2023. A 11.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- RVA Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Virginia Always Open Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 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.
- Warren Morris — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Griffin Kim — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.