People · China
Yang Liu (刘洋)
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LIUY39
Yang Liu (刘洋) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at Shenzhen Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 411th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2019, he has put 84 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.61 in August 2019 to 9.31, a 53% improvement. Yang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.95 | 5.43 | top 3.5% | 411 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.31 | 11.12 | top 5.6% | 2,168 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.48 | 7.43 | top 14.3% | 874 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 8.01 | 9.27 | top 15.3% | 331 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 3.84 | top 19.0% | 3,104 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.57 | 1:44.83 | top 32.4% | 963 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,620 / 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
- 13 Dec 2020First sub-15 3×3: 9.99 at Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020.
- 13 Dec 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019. A 19.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021 · 28 Feb 2021
- Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020 · 13 Dec 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
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.
- Jingbin Li (李晶斌) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Xujia Lei (雷旭嘉) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.