People · China
Yang Liu (刘阳)
3×3 · top 0.62% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019LIUY06
Yang Liu (刘阳) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.21, set at Chongqing New Year 2025, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 229th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2019, he has put 192 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.54 in March 2019 to 6.21, a 57% improvement. Yang has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.21 | 8.05 | top 0.62% | 229 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 4.28 | top 9.3% | 1,383 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.34 | 20.00 | top 11.0% | 1,078 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 39.39 | 42.64 | top 11.4% | 1,211 / 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 line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 26 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.02 at Shenzhen Youth Open 2023.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First competition: GDSY Open 2019. A 14.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best 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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yuchong Liu (刘雨翀) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.