People · China
Kaiming Liu (刘铠铭)
3×3 · top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021LIUK01
Kaiming Liu (刘铠铭) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.43, set at IlliNxNois Spring 2025, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,693rd in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2021, he has put 65 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.54 in April 2021 to 11.43, a 26% improvement. Kaiming has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.43 | 14.29 | top 11.9% | 4,693 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.75 | 5.56 | top 36.1% | 6,233 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.66 | 1:14.03 | top 46.6% | 4,314 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 2:54.58 | — | top 76.2% | 2,639 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 17.17 | 21.77 | top 84.4% | 4,243 / 5,004 | |
| 6×6 | 8:45.54 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,354 / 1,349 |
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
- 23 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at IlliNxNois Spring 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.72 at WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024.
- 11 Apr 2021First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021. A 15.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IlliNxNois Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021
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.
- Ashley Gray — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kit Clement — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mason Langenderfer — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.