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Thomas Liu

3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022LIUT01

Thomas Liu has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.28, set at Saint John's Spring 2022, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,130th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2022, he has put 62 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.81 in January 2022 to 11.28, a 12% improvement. Thomas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.28
signature single · Saint John's Spring 2022
62
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.2812.76
top 11.4%6,130 / 59,724
2×23.486.32
top 20.0%7,841 / 40,951
4×41:10.081:21.72
top 46.9%7,815 / 19,072
Pyraminx12.4314.89
top 69.8%20,673 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed49.77
early days — 1 solve11,165 / 15,683

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

Empire State Winter B 2022: 12.81Saint John's Spring 2022: 11.28Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 12.81Cubing in Cambridge 2023: 12.8811.2812.8816 Jan 20221 Apr 2023

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.

  • Will Russo — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Thiago Han — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Tim Kwartler — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.