People · United States
Victor Liu
3×3 · top 2.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019LIUV01
Victor Liu has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.68, set at New York Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,370th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2019, he has put 109 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.64 in October 2019 to 7.68, a 51% improvement. Victor has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.68 | 10.60 | top 2.3% | 1,370 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 42.71 | 44.08 | top 15.4% | 2,359 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.48 | 21.06 | top 16.4% | 2,156 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 4.23 | top 18.3% | 7,280 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 19.21 | 23.93 | top 88.4% | 17,251 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 30.65 | 36.25 | top 98.4% | 28,919 / 29,168 |
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
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 8.89 at Pegasus 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.89 at Pegasus 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pegasus 2023.
- 19 Oct 2019First competition: ERAU Speedcubing Fall 2019. A 15.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Florida Winter Break 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- ERAU Speedcubing Fall 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
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.
- Dalton Nichols — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jared Balassaitis — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sumanth Chandrupatla — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 2.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.