People · China
Xingyu Liu (刘星语)
3×3 blindfolded · top 4.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LIUX14
Xingyu Liu (刘星语) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 31.93, set at Please Be Quiet Xi'an 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in China. Until April 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2019, he has put 13 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 43.30 in December 2025 to 31.93, a 26% improvement. Xingyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 31.93 | 43.47 | top 4.7% | 81 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 | 32.91 | 45.10 | top 67.4% | 20,055 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Aug 2019First competition: Baoji Open 2019. A 32.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Xi'an 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Xi'an 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 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.
- Sora Wenjie Xu (徐文杰) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhe Wang (王哲) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zicong Liu (刘子聪) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.