People · Canada
Liam Tu
3×3 · top 0.79% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2021 · 2021TULI01
Liam Tu has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.42, set at Richmond Favourites 2023, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in Canada. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2021, he has put 241 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.83 in September 2021 to 6.42, a 46% improvement. Liam 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.42 | 8.04 | top 0.79% | 74 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 3.89 | top 5.7% | 367 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.19 | 22.31 | top 13.1% | 278 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 52.52 | 53.45 | top 27.8% | 703 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.32 | 10.41 | top 30.5% | 1,351 / 4,858 |
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
- 14 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Richmond Favourites 2023.
- 12 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.51 at Richmond Open B 2021.
- 26 Sep 2021First competition: BC Cubing Comeback B 2021. A 12.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Around Metrotown 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Cubing on Par B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- Richmond Favourites 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- UBC Odd Weekend 2022 · 11 Nov 2022
- SnoCo NxN 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bellevue Cubing for Children's 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Open Summer A 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cloverdale Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Open B 2021 · 12 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Comeback B 2021 · 26 Sep 2021 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Brian Sun — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.