People · China
Yanyou Liu (刘衍祐)
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LIUY16
Yanyou Liu (刘衍祐) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.19, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,144th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2024, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.47 in August 2024 to 10.19, an 18% improvement. Yanyou has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 12.32 | top 8.0% | 3,144 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 41.42 | 48.54 | top 13.8% | 1,497 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.72 | 22.17 | top 14.4% | 1,421 / 5,922 |
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
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Xi'an Open 2024. A 12.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
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.
- Tianyu Yang (杨天宇) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.