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Liu Yik Yung (劉益融)

Square-1 · top 0.055% of 25,272 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023YUNG02

Liu Yik Yung (劉益融) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 4.18, set at Odd July Singapore 2026, puts him in the top 0.055% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Hong Kong, China. Until February 2023, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since May 2023, he has put 873 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Square-1 best has come down from 12.58 in October 2023 to 4.18, a 67% improvement. Liu has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.055% of 25,272 all-time
4.18
signature single · Odd July Singapore 2026
873
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
Square-14.185.89
top 0.055%1 / 126
Clock3.825.24
top 2.0%8 / 156
3×3 one-handed11.6516.43
top 2.6%16 / 361
3×37.9810.04
top 2.8%79 / 1,347
4×430.4136.21
top 3.1%30 / 423
Skewb2.835.32
top 4.2%17 / 285
2×22.123.26
top 5.6%74 / 855
5×51:01.681:07.94
top 6.4%31 / 192
Pyraminx4.437.27
top 9.9%72 / 431
6×62:13.352:15.19
top 17.0%32 / 87
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 2 solves32 / 76
7×73:43.773:55.24
top 24.8%34 / 74

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

Hong Kong Championship 2023: 12.58Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 4.30Hong Kong Championship 2024: 7.70Bristol Winter Open 2024: 6.91Beijing Summer 2025: 5.98Zhuhai Open 2025: 5.61Hong Kong Side Event Day 2025: 5.61Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.65Taiwan Championship 2025: 5.37Zhengzhou Zeal 2025: 5.87Crewe Spring 2026: 4.69Seomara Cube Fest 2026: 5.45Sheffield Spring 2026: 5.88Żmigród Open 2026: 4.95Odd July Singapore 2026: 4.18Jiajiang Open 2026: 4.76Beihai Open 2026: 4.594.1812.5821 Oct 202322 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Square-1. 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-4 Square-1 single — 11 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.