People · United States
Michael Liu
3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LIUM02
Michael Liu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.26, set at Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,532nd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2024, he has put 57 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Michael has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 13.59 | top 8.2% | 4,532 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.18 | 4.80 | top 28.8% | 11,427 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.09 | 1:17.02 | top 43.0% | 7,062 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.22 | 18.01 | top 54.7% | 15,992 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.34 | 42.04 | top 56.1% | 7,782 / 15,683 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024. A 10.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
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.
- Samuel Snider — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Minh Huynh — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ollie Thompson — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.