People · Portugal
Nuno Liu
Clock · top 21.7% of 32,817 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025LIUN02
Nuno Liu has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Boards & Cubes Venteira - Cubing Clash 2025, puts him in the top 21.7% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Portugal. Across 6 competitions since December 2025, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 26.99 in February 2026 to 5.29, an 80% improvement. Nuno has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 9.36 | 13.62 | top 21.7% | 32 / 132 | |
| 2×2 | 5.29 | 6.36 | top 43.0% | 199 / 429 | |
| 3×3 | 21.91 | 24.23 | top 45.3% | 276 / 565 | |
| Skewb | 12.61 | 17.34 | top 69.1% | 142 / 183 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.92 | 2:29.74 | top 81.7% | 181 / 228 | |
| Megaminx | 6:09.47 | — | early days — 1 solve | 115 / 115 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Almourol Riverside 2026.
- 9 May 2026First sub-30 3×3: 26.13 at CNSE ao Cubo 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at CNSE ao Cubo 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025First competition: Boards & Cubes Venteira - Cubing Clash 2025.
Competitions
- Almourol Riverside 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira - Mini B 2026 · 14 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CNSE ao Cubo 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Arroios Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Boards & Cubes Venteira - Cubing Clash 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
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.
- Fausto Claro da Fonte — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sara Martins — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,962 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.