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Xiaoxiao Liu (刘笑笑)

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021LIUX01

Xiaoxiao Liu (刘笑笑) has been competing for 5 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.91, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts her in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 439th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2021, she has put 75 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 8.58 in May 2021 to 6.91, a 19% improvement. Xiaoxiao has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.91
signature single · Tianjin Open 2024
75
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.918.76
top 1.2%439 / 28,153

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

Kunshan Morning 2021: 8.58Hefei Winter Open 2023: 7.63Changsha Open 2023: 7.21Xuzhou Open 2024: 8.07Tianjin Open 2024: 6.91Chengdu Summer 2024: 7.70Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 8.72Deqing Small & Special 2026: 8.016.918.722 May 202126 Apr 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as she improves.