People · China
Yanchen Liu (刘彦辰)
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2026 · 2026LIUY10
Yanchen Liu (刘彦辰) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Xianju Special 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,782nd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since March 2026, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.87 | 11.40 | top 4.6% | 1,782 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 5.91 | top 10.6% | 1,286 / 10,269 | |
| Square-1 | 18.08 | 23.85 | top 23.6% | 397 / 1,373 |
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
- 8 Mar 2026First competition: Xianju Special 2026. A 9.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xianju Special 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Hongyu Zhu (朱泓宇) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Haohan Zheng (郑皓涵) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.