People · Australia
Leo Z. Liu
2×2 · top 9.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021LIUL01
Leo Z. Liu has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 712th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2021, he has put 170 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.59 in March 2021 to 10.86, a 61% improvement. Leo has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 5.39 | top 9.2% | 712 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 10.86 | 14.01 | top 10.1% | 911 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.43 | 11.15 | top 16.0% | 781 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.43 | 1:17.99 | top 43.4% | 1,183 / 3,108 | |
| Skewb | 8.73 | 12.72 | top 46.7% | 1,485 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.70 | 50.06 | top 67.7% | 1,622 / 2,685 | |
| Megaminx | 2:46.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 914 / 1,313 |
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
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.97 at NSW Open 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at NSW Open 2022.
- 22 May 2021First sub-20 3×3: 19.49 at Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021.
- 28 Mar 2021First competition: Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021. A 27.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Big Cubes Day 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- Even Better Sydney Gathering 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Winter Saturday 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021 · 28 Mar 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.
- Anthony Trairattanasirikul — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Matthew Cook — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Cook — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.