People · China
Xiyuan Liu (刘汐源)
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026LIUX04
Xiyuan Liu (刘汐源) has been competing for 4 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.76, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,645th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since May 2026, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.76 | 11.07 | top 4.3% | 1,645 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 4.01 | top 22.7% | 3,743 / 15,796 | |
| Square-1 | 19.05 | 26.43 | top 25.8% | 431 / 1,362 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,530 / 5,926 |
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 story so far
- 1 May 2026First competition: Start of Summer Beijing 2026. A 8.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026
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.
- Jiayi Song (宋稼毅) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- An Li (李安) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.