People · China
Yanbo Liu (刘彦博)
Skewb · top 0.27% of 74,164 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 0.27% of the 74,164 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 16 competitions since December 2023, he has put 696 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.03 in December 2023 to 6.23, a 38% improvement. Yanbo has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.36 | 1.91 | top 0.27% | 20 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 0.95 | 1.13 | top 0.47% | 42 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.55 | 2.32 | top 0.49% | 50 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 6.23 | 7.22 | top 0.64% | 241 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 33.93 | 40.50 | top 5.9% | 602 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.18 | 1:12.51 | top 8.0% | 396 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.86 | 17.98 | top 12.3% | 1,223 / 5,994 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 885 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:34.06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,029 / 1,184 |
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. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 24 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Liuzhou Open 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Zenith 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Winter 2025.
- 15 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Xi'an Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liuzhou Open 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
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.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
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.