People · China
Yankai Liu (刘棪锴)
3×3 · top 4.1% of 289,612 all-time · competing since November 2026 · 2026LIUY37
Yankai Liu (刘棪锴) has been competing for 1 month. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Jiangmen Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 289,612 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,592nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since November 2026, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.64 | 13.19 | top 4.1% | 1,592 / 28,751 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.86 | 24.42 | top 22.9% | 2,337 / 6,035 |
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
- 1 Nov 2026First competition: Jiangmen Open 2026. A 10.99 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Nov 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.64 at Jiangmen Open 2026.
Competitions
- Jiangmen Open 2026 · 1 Nov 2026 — 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.
- Zejia Guo (郭泽嘉) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kuong Chon Hou (鄺俊濠) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,151 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,394 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.
Your career, on a tee
His best official average, every solve of it, sorted the way the scorecard sorts them. Printed from the official results, no name on it. Tee, sweatshirt, hoodie or mug →