People · China
Louis Liu
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LIUL04
Louis Liu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Greater Toronto 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,391st in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2024, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.76 in August 2024 to 9.53, a 60% improvement. Louis has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.53 | 12.80 | top 6.2% | 2,391 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.78 | 4.50 | top 23.7% | 3,942 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.65 | 11.39 | top 41.8% | 4,488 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.04 | — | top 61.4% | 5,087 / 5,926 |
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
- 9 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 9.53 at Greater Toronto 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 9.53 at Greater Toronto 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Greater Toronto 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Greater Toronto 2025.
- 9 Aug 2024First competition: Ontario Championship 2024. A 25.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brampton Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Championnat Canadien 2025 · 24 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Morgan Yeh — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.