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Joy Liou Liu (刘丽欧)

3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017LIUJ21

Joy Liou Liu (刘丽欧) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.97, set at Risbjerg Juni 2025, puts her in the top 2.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,019th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 66 competitions since December 2017, she has put 2,203 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 41.99 in December 2017 to 7.97, an 81% improvement. Joy has entered 66 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time
7.97
signature single · Risbjerg Juni 2025
2,203
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.9711.43
top 2.8%1,019 / 28,499
Skewb3.335.21
top 6.8%385 / 5,030
4×435.2841.55
top 7.0%727 / 5,999
5×51:03.071:14.39
top 7.3%364 / 2,857
2×22.334.71
top 7.4%1,060 / 15,939
6×61:52.822:02.80
top 8.3%189 / 1,363
Megaminx57.011:04.32
top 8.5%218 / 1,693
Pyraminx4.677.78
top 11.2%1,359 / 10,269
7×73:04.873:11.45
top 11.9%239 / 1,274
3×3 one-handed24.5535.20
top 33.1%3,225 / 5,994
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves44.67
top 48.5%571 / 1,071
Square-138.9050.17
top 64.0%1,078 / 1,373
Clock29.1635.77
top 83.3%1,735 / 1,887

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

Kirke Værløse Christmas Open 2017: 41.99Generalforsamlingen 2018: 30.77Østerhøj Open 2018: 26.22Tårnby Cube Træf 2018: 17.69Dåstrup Sleepover 2018: 17.03Danish Open 2018: 17.34Skottegårdsskolen Open 2018: 13.54Kvissel Fall 2018: 14.00Østerhøj Christmas by Vote 2018: 15.01DSF Generalforsamlingen 2019: 12.97Østerhøj NxNxN 2019: 14.04Denmark & Friends 2019: 11.88KMG Spring 2019: 12.16Østerhøj Open 2019: 11.68Danish Open 2019: 11.78Nordic Championship 2019: 10.47Tårnby Cube Træf 2019: 11.88Minx C-Open-hagen 2020: 10.73DSF Generalforsamlingen 2020: 11.59Greve Gymnasium 2020: 10.30Lonely Denmark 2020: 11.02Danish Championship 2021: 9.88Borupgaard Autumn 2021: 13.39Speedcubing i Lille Friheden 2022: 12.38Danish Championship 2022: 11.45Dyssegården Uden Sko 2022: 12.00Hverdagscubing III - Risbjerggaard 2023: 13.06Hverdagscubing VII - Roskilde 2023: 11.88Oct-ober-ahedron i Hvidovre 2024: 12.83Efterårscubing i Hvidovre 2024: 11.70Hvidovre NxN 2025: 10.45Risbjerg Februar 2025: 9.98Lundakuben 2025: 11.99Risbjerg April 2025: 11.05Bornholm Open 2025: 10.59Danish Championship 2025: 10.00Risbjerg Juni 2025: 7.97Hvidovre Liga I 2025: 10.88Sidste Sommerdag i Lille Friheden 2025: 9.73Friheden Open 2025: 12.01Hvidovre Open 2025: 10.76Hvidovre Liga V - Finale 2025: 10.90DSF Generalforsamlingen 2026: 9.82Megaminx og Meget Mere Hvidovre 2026: 9.70Hverdagscubing XXI - Friheden 2026: 11.06Hvidovre Juni 2026: 9.41Dåstrup Diverse 2026: 11.89Danish Championship 2026: 10.247.9741.992 Dec 201711 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as she improves.