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Thomas Liu (刘江宁)

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024LIUT01

Thomas Liu (刘江宁) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.84, set at SacCubing XXIII 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,458th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since February 2024, he has put 407 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.55 in February 2024 to 7.84, an 18% improvement. Thomas has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.84
signature single · SacCubing XXIII 2026
407
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.849.57
top 2.5%1,458 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed12.3913.10
top 3.5%534 / 15,683
4×431.6744.56
top 3.9%636 / 19,072
2×22.364.14
top 7.6%2,991 / 40,951
Clock7.177.92
top 11.6%886 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded1:07.35—
top 15.4%295 / 2,092
5×51:18.901:32.10
top 18.2%1,408 / 9,401
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 48:39—
top 22.9%167 / 731
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.00
early days — 3 solves507 / 2,040
Skewb8.8113.37
top 47.2%8,350 / 18,907
4×4 blindfolded9:31.86—
early days — 2 solves232 / 440
6×64:06.40—
early days — 1 solve2,636 / 4,196
Pyraminx13.5716.98
top 75.8%22,468 / 28,708

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

Davis Winter 2024: 9.55Davis Fall 2024: 11.23Davis Weeknight February 2025: 9.78Davis Spring 2025: 10.27Davis Fall 2025: 9.10Yuba City Fall 2025: 10.06SacCubing XXII 2026: 9.83Berkeley January Weekday 2026: 9.35Davis Winter 2026: 9.71Davis Winter Weeknight 2026: 8.78Yuba City Spring 2026: 10.48Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 7.87Davis Spring Sunset 2026: 9.70SacCubing XXIII 2026: 7.84West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 8.75Alameda County Fair 2026: 8.58Shanghai Summer 2026: 8.597.8411.2318 Feb 20241 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.