People · China
Shaojie Liu (刘少杰)
Clock · top 31.5% of 32,817 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020LIUS01
Shaojie Liu (刘少杰) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 11.31, set at Xi'an Open 2023, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 770th in China. Across 11 competitions since January 2020, he has put 170 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.31 in January 2020 to 18.95, a 31% improvement. Shaojie 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 11.31 | 13.38 | top 31.5% | 770 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 22.47 | 38.08 | top 33.5% | 576 / 1,373 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.96 | 10.17 | top 35.9% | 3,949 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 18.95 | 23.49 | top 37.1% | 13,236 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 5.14 | 7.11 | top 41.1% | 7,189 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 9.11 | 9.50 | top 49.3% | 2,819 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.81 | — | top 49.7% | 4,557 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.72 | 2:28.24 | top 53.0% | 2,214 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 3:42.85 | 4:01.90 | early days — 3 solves | 1,088 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 5:30.92 | 5:38.50 | early days — 3 solves | 1,019 / 1,274 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.65 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,766 / 5,994 |
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 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.95 at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 5 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024.
- 10 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 1 Jan 2020First competition: Xi'an New Year 2020. A 27.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020
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.
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhijie He (何智劼) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,178 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-20 Square-1 single — 7,207 people have one; it is 2.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.