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Larry Liu

3×3 · top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022LIUL01

Larry Liu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.00, set at Empire State Winter Warmup 2023, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,336th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 70 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.02 in August 2022 to 13.00, a 13% improvement. Larry has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time
13.00
signature single · Empire State Winter Warmup 2023
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.0015.62
top 17.4%9,336 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.3410.26
top 30.7%8,550 / 28,708
2×25.396.29
top 44.1%17,775 / 40,951
4×41:28.62
early days — 2 solves10,942 / 19,072
Skewb27.8237.63
top 96.3%18,427 / 18,907

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

St. Joseph's Prep 2022: 15.02Empire State Winter Warmup 2023: 13.00Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023: 14.99Parsippany Mini AM 2024: 16.1313.0016.1320 Aug 202227 Jan 2024

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 his.

  • Jonathan Chu — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Evan Liu — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Yusif Anaam — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.