People · China
Mingyu Liu (刘铭宇)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018LIUM02
Mingyu Liu (刘铭宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at Yancheng Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 557th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2018, he has put 292 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.47 in March 2018 to 7.16, a 15% improvement. Mingyu has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 7.16 | 8.74 | top 1.5% | 557 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.63 | 14.07 | top 1.5% | 133 / 5,994 | |
| Megaminx | 42.91 | 45.67 | top 2.4% | 48 / 1,693 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.97 | 4.16 | top 3.5% | 435 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.04 | 3.03 | top 5.0% | 712 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 13.16 | 14.74 | top 40.3% | 990 / 1,887 |
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
- 10 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2025.
- 1 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 25 Mar 2018First competition: Qingdao Open 2018. A 9.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Qingdao Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019
- Zibo Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.