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Liam Young

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010YOUN02

Liam Young has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.60, set at Waterloo Spring 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since November 2010, he has put 690 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.43 in November 2010 to 8.60, a 72% improvement. Liam has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.60
signature single · Waterloo Spring 2026
690
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×38.6010.32
top 4.0%382 / 10,392
2×21.902.89
top 4.1%262 / 7,173
Skewb3.928.38
top 10.3%215 / 2,907
4×439.5542.40
top 11.6%280 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed17.6021.47
top 14.1%303 / 2,620
5×51:15.211:22.27
top 15.5%187 / 1,499
Pyraminx6.5010.93
top 23.8%1,020 / 4,858
6×63:08.77—
early days — 1 solve232 / 665
7×74:52.56—
early days — 1 solve205 / 503
Megaminx2:46.18—
top 68.6%844 / 1,375

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

Toronto Open Fall 2010: 30.43Caltech Winter 2011: 24.96Toronto Open Winter 2011: 20.96Toronto Open Spring 2011: 22.21University of Guelph Open Spring 2011: 20.88Canadian Open 2011: 21.16Toronto Open Winter 2015: 14.51Toronto Open Spring 2015: 17.64Canadian Open 2015: 14.67Toronto Open Fall 2015: 12.18Newmarket Open 2016: 12.29Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 11.49Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 12.08Newmarket Open 2017: 11.52Battle of Waterloo 2017: 10.55Pickering 2017: 10.70Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 10.29Pickering Spring 2018: 11.84Battle of Waterloo 2018: 14.82Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 9.57Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 10.28Waterloo Fall 2025: 10.02Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 9.21Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026: 8.90Waterloo Spring 2026: 8.60Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 10.228.6030.4327 Nov 201014 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.