People · United States
Kyler Liang
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023LIAN15
Kyler Liang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.01, set at Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,735th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2023, he has put 135 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.14 in August 2023 to 9.01, a 31% improvement. Kyler has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.01 | 10.06 | top 4.9% | 2,735 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.60 | 31.07 | top 30.4% | 3,934 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.38 | 4.82 | top 31.4% | 12,483 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.34 | 1:23.42 | top 46.2% | 7,689 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.54 | 14.55 | top 57.2% | 16,741 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.05 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,169 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:56.54 | — | top 76.9% | 6,907 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,683 / 2,040 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.98 | — | top 87.1% | 5,861 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 11:55.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,079 / 2,092 |
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
- 20 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025.
- 20 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rutgers Winter 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Newark's On Track 2023. A 13.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Park Slope PBQ 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Flushing Glow Autumn PM 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Flushing Open AM 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Rogers — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.