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Lichao Liu (刘立超)

4×4 · top 4.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018LIUL05

Lichao Liu (刘立超) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 31.99, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 398th in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2018, he has put 692 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.29 in November 2018 to 9.72, a 14% improvement. Lichao has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 4.2% of 83,917 all-time
31.99
signature single · Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026
692
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×431.9939.25
top 4.2%398 / 5,926
2×22.244.01
top 6.5%927 / 15,796
3×39.7211.34
top 6.7%2,597 / 28,153
3×3 blindfolded40.4848.60
top 7.0%120 / 1,183
Megaminx55.651:05.85
top 7.7%185 / 1,678
Clock6.257.47
top 8.1%166 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves30.67
top 9.9%98 / 1,058
Pyraminx4.526.51
top 10.3%1,226 / 10,224
4×4 blindfolded3:27.25—
top 10.7%24 / 149
Square-113.1418.33
top 12.2%178 / 1,362
Skewb4.276.69
top 12.8%777 / 5,004
5×51:14.991:18.48
top 15.3%748 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed18.8321.19
top 17.3%1,713 / 5,922
6×62:20.492:28.93
top 20.7%463 / 1,349
3×3 Multi-Blind15 of 22 cubes · 58:01—
early days — 3 solves66 / 278
5×5 blindfolded11:03.00—
early days — 3 solves30 / 95
7×73:58.644:02.27
top 30.1%590 / 1,261

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

Hangzhou Open 2018: 11.29Xuzhou Winter 2018: 10.94Wuhu Open 2019: 11.79AHAU Open 2019: 12.05Hefei Summer 2019: 10.88Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.01Shandong Open 2019: 12.03Guangdong Open 2021: 11.22Xuzhou Open 2024: 10.32Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 9.90Hefei Open 2025: 9.87Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 11.38Quanzhou Summer 2026: 10.30Maoming Open 2026: 10.78Zhanjiang Open 2026: 11.20Fuzhou Summer 2026: 9.729.7212.0510 Nov 201823 Aug 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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.