Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Yan Liu (刘妍)

People · China

Yan Liu (刘妍)

3×3 · top 68.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018LIUY04

Yan Liu (刘妍) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.40, set at Shenyang Open 2018, puts her in the top 68.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,236th in China. Across 2 competitions since January 2018, she has put 28 official solves on the record across three events. Yan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 68.2% of 284,439 all-time
33.40
signature single · Shenyang Open 2018
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×333.4036.14
top 68.2%20,236 / 28,153
Pyraminx12.6115.01
top 70.8%7,112 / 10,224
2×29.8914.42
top 77.5%12,553 / 15,796

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

Fushun Open 2018: 12.61Shenyang Open 2018: 13.4212.6113.4228 Jan 201823 Jun 2018

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 28 Jan 2018First competition: Fushun Open 2018. A 35.15 3×3 single to start from.

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.40 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as she improves.