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Liam Lu

3×3 · top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LULI01

Liam Lu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.74, set at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,127th in China. Across 6 competitions since October 2023, he has put 83 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.62 in October 2023 to 11.74, a 20% improvement. Liam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.74
signature single · Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026
83
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.7413.47
top 13.0%5,127 / 28,153
4×444.1751.40
top 17.3%1,865 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed19.7625.91
top 19.9%1,985 / 5,922
5×51:37.711:40.32
top 33.6%1,521 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded2:26.713:20.00
top 42.2%609 / 1,183
Pyraminx10.1315.96
top 54.0%5,639 / 10,224

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

Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 14.62Scarborough Fall B 2023: 13.12Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers B 2024: 12.43Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026: 11.74Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 12.5911.7414.621 Oct 202314 Jun 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.