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Thomas Liao

Square-1 · top 0.12% of 25,662 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LIAO09

Thomas Liao has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 4.51, set at Take Your Time Sydney 2026, puts him in the top 0.12% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Australia. Until April 2022, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since June 2017, he has put 733 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.35 in June 2017 to 5.98, a 63% improvement. Thomas has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.12% of 25,662 all-time
4.51
signature single · Take Your Time Sydney 2026
733
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Square-14.517.28
top 0.12%3 / 920
3×35.987.49
top 0.48%51 / 11,943
4×425.5728.46
top 0.87%26 / 3,108
3×3 one-handed10.2312.96
top 1.2%32 / 2,685
5×549.7555.09
top 1.7%23 / 1,412
2×21.531.90
top 2.3%191 / 8,727
7×72:30.772:46.50
top 4.0%18 / 540
6×61:40.051:45.14
top 4.1%26 / 667
Pyraminx3.305.70
top 4.7%210 / 6,109
Megaminx51.461:01.62
top 5.8%80 / 1,313
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.67
top 14.8%73 / 474
Clock8.6311.08
top 18.0%211 / 1,159
Skewb5.506.82
top 22.0%590 / 3,589
3×3 blindfolded2:16.12—
top 38.7%169 / 399
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 20:23—
early days — 2 solves97 / 186

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

Sydney Winter 2017: 16.35Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 10.69Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 7.52NSW Open 2022: 7.20Sydney Summer 2023: 6.57Cubing at The Cube 2024: 7.07Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 6.56Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 6.76Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024: 6.67Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 6.69Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025: 5.98NSW State Championship 2025: 6.79Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026: 6.825.9816.3517 Jun 20172 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Sora Sato — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
  • Bryan Eng — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Hans Lin — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 62 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Square-1 single — 13 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.