People · China
Shaoyi Liu (刘少一)
4×4 · top 0.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024LIUS04
Shaoyi Liu (刘少一) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 22.89, set at Zhengzhou Summer I 2025, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in China. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2024, he has put 56 official solves on the record across seven events. Shaoyi has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 22.89 | 30.33 | top 0.3% | 31 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 43.13 | 49.93 | top 0.44% | 21 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 1.69 | 3.15 | top 3.0% | 377 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 1:35.92 | 1:40.43 | early days — 3 solves | 55 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 | 8.21 | 8.84 | top 3.2% | 1,166 / 28,153 | |
| Square-1 | 8.94 | 12.87 | top 4.4% | 56 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.40 | 19.91 | top 5.1% | 464 / 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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Chengdu Summer 2024. A 8.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zhijie He (何智劼) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kaichen Huang (黄楷宸) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Haoran Li (黎浩然) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.89 away.
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 3.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.