People · United States
Spencer Lieu
Clock · top 21.9% of 32,817 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024LIEU01
Spencer Lieu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 9.41, set at Madison Manor Monday 2025, puts him in the top 21.9% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,729th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since January 2024, he has put 209 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.41 in January 2024 to 14.50, a 43% improvement. Spencer has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 9.41 | 11.41 | top 21.9% | 1,729 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 14.50 | 18.51 | top 22.8% | 12,531 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 5.88 | top 27.1% | 10,852 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.91 | 8.99 | top 27.2% | 7,552 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.64 | 9.42 | top 38.7% | 6,729 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.57 | 40.00 | top 40.9% | 5,539 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.46 | 1:40.77 | top 57.2% | 9,992 / 19,354 |
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 Wisconsin Championship 2025.
- 10 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Door County Cube Challenge 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Door County Cube Challenge 2025.
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.78 at Wisconsin Qualifier 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024. A 25.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- WisconsiNxN 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Door County Cube Challenge 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Madison Manor Monday 2025 · 14 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Oak Creek 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Qualifier 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
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.
- Adam Schwenn — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carter Kucala — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Lippman-Bruno — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,962 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.