People · United States
Ryan Liu
Pyraminx · top 31.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025LIUR02
Ryan Liu has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.43, set at Michigan Mini 38 2025, puts him in the top 31.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,767th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since August 2025, he has put 157 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.96 in August 2025 to 22.13, a 40% improvement. Ryan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.43 | 9.58 | top 31.4% | 8,767 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 22.13 | 30.89 | top 45.8% | 26,420 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 15.17 | 17.98 | top 48.6% | 3,956 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 6.53 | 10.65 | top 56.3% | 23,016 / 40,951 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025.
- 28 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.21 at Michigan Mini 34 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025First competition: Michigan Championship 2025. A 36.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 44 2026 · 27 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 43 2026 · 7 Jul 2026
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 38 2025 · 8 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 36 2025 · 13 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 35 2025 · 18 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Prebleminxing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 34 2025 · 28 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 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.
- James Hildreth — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Emery McFeeter — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Hamilton — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.