People · China
Mu Liu (刘沐)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021LIUM01
Mu Liu (刘沐) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Shenzhen Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,735th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2021, he has put 94 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.34 in January 2021 to 8.82, a 52% improvement. Mu 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 | 8.82 | 10.57 | top 4.5% | 1,735 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 37.22 | 45.77 | top 9.0% | 961 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.27 | 7.73 | top 14.9% | 1,783 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 3.71 | top 17.9% | 2,928 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 5.24 | 7.29 | top 20.1% | 1,254 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.97 | 28.77 | top 31.5% | 3,090 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 14.68 | 17.68 | top 46.6% | 1,127 / 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
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.82 at Shenzhen Open 2024.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2024.
- 28 Mar 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.32 at Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021.
- 9 Jan 2021First competition: Shenzhen Good Morning 2021. A 18.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Good Morning 2021 · 9 Jan 2021
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.
- Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.