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Lily Liu

3×3 · top 92.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009LIUL01

Lily Liu has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:02.19, set at Berkeley Summer competition 2009, puts her in the top 92.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56,274th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since January 2009, she has put 10 official solves on the record across one event. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:47.30 in January 2009 to 1:02.19, a 42% improvement. Lily has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 92.4% of 284,439 all-time
1:02.19
signature single · Berkeley Summer competition 2009
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:02.191:37.92
top 92.4%56,274 / 59,724

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

San Francisco Open 2009: 1:47.30Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 1:02.191:02.191:47.3018 Jan 200927 Jun 2009

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 2.19 away.

Targets move as she improves.