People · Canada
Samuel Liu
3×3 · top 8.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LIUS02
Samuel Liu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.40, set at Brampton Summer 2026, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 811th in Canada. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 86 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.50 in March 2025 to 10.40, a 58% improvement. Samuel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.40 | 13.38 | top 8.7% | 811 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 5.11 | 7.37 | top 40.8% | 2,879 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.87 | 55.71 | top 65.2% | 1,581 / 2,632 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.72 | 13.34 | top 65.4% | 3,258 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 15.46 | 17.28 | top 79.7% | 2,363 / 2,928 |
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
- 12 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.35 at Pickering Mini Morning 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.75 at Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026.
- 9 Mar 2025First competition: Greater Toronto 2025. A 24.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brampton Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Mini Morning 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Mississauga Newcomers B 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 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.
- David-Nuo Cheng — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dominic DiLuciano — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nicholas McKee — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.