People · China
Muchen Liu (刘沐宸)
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021LIUM03
Muchen Liu (刘沐宸) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.99, set at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,894th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2021, he has put 36 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.46 in May 2021 to 9.99, a 13% improvement. Muchen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.99 | 12.94 | top 7.4% | 2,894 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.54 | 5.45 | top 33.4% | 5,731 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,995 / 5,922 |
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
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023.
- 1 May 2021First competition: Guangdong Open 2021. A 11.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.