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Maxime Tenghuan Liu
Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023LIUM02
Maxime Tenghuan Liu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.97, set at Wakefield Summer 2026, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 292nd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 116 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:27.43 in April 2023 to 19.94, a 77% improvement. Maxime has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.97 | 13.61 | top 7.5% | 292 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 19.94 | 22.53 | top 39.8% | 2,737 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 5.82 | 7.23 | top 49.0% | 2,551 / 4,895 | |
| Megaminx | 3:45.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 920 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 20.82 | 26.14 | top 90.8% | 2,240 / 2,421 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.94 at Wakefield Summer 2026.
- 1 Nov 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.97 at Rubik's UK Championship 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-60 3×3: 50.17 at Wakefield Autumn 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First competition: Wakefield Spring 2023. A 1:27.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wakefield Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bolton Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester Spring 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leeds Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Liverpool Winter 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
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.
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Seamus Murphy — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Burns — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.