People · China
Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然)
Pyraminx · top 0.65% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019LIUW05
Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Xi'an New Year 2025, puts him in the top 0.65% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in China. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since November 2019, he has put 1,293 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.05 in November 2019 to 8.13, a 46% improvement. Wuouran has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.68 | 2.34 | top 0.65% | 71 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 2.04 | 3.40 | top 1.5% | 68 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.86 | 14.28 | top 1.7% | 144 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 3.92 | 4.55 | top 2.2% | 35 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 | 8.13 | 9.40 | top 3.0% | 1,097 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 31.59 | 33.24 | top 3.9% | 376 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 2.69 | top 5.9% | 831 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.35 | 1:07.31 | top 6.8% | 320 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.34 | 1:07.19 | top 10.2% | 268 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 15.27 | 19.22 | top 17.0% | 265 / 1,362 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.63 | 2:24.06 | top 19.3% | 429 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:30.38 | 3:37.70 | top 19.9% | 406 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 37.67 | top 26.7% | 289 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:05.11 | — | top 35.1% | 502 / 1,183 |
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 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 8 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Open 2024.
- 25 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Xi'an Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer IV 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer 2021 · 23 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open PM 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Kunshan Morning 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Side Events 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 91 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.