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Yanbo Liu (刘彦博)

Skewb · top 0.28% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LIUY14

Yanbo Liu (刘彦博) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at Liuzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in China. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2023, he has put 597 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.03 in December 2023 to 6.47, a 35% improvement. Yanbo has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.28% of 73,281 all-time
1.36
signature single · Liuzhou Open 2026
597
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb1.361.91
top 0.28%20 / 5,004
2×20.951.13
top 0.47%41 / 15,796
Pyraminx1.552.32
top 0.48%50 / 10,224
3×36.477.22
top 0.83%310 / 28,153
4×438.0841.02
top 9.9%1,042 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed16.8617.98
top 12.2%1,194 / 5,922
5×51:11.211:19.30
top 12.5%614 / 2,816
Megaminx1:30.83
early days — 2 solves870 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded4:34.06
early days — 1 solve1,026 / 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

Shenyang Open 2023: 10.03Luoyang Spring 2024: 8.95Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 9.20Hangzhou Open 2024: 7.93Shenyang Spring 2025: 7.86Beijing Summer 2025: 7.77Hangzhou Winter 2025: 6.49Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 6.73Beijing Spring Open 2026: 6.83Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 6.47Liuzhou Open 2026: 7.32Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 6.59Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 6.656.4710.0317 Dec 202329 Aug 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.