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Yao Liu (刘瑶)

3×3 · top 56.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019LIUY26

Yao Liu (刘瑶) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.71, set at Dandong Yalu River Open 2024, puts her in the top 56.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,494th in China. Across 4 competitions since June 2019, she has put 25 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.72 in June 2019 to 26.71, a 13% improvement. Yao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 56.2% of 284,439 all-time
26.71
signature single · Dandong Yalu River Open 2024
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×326.7135.32
top 56.2%17,494 / 28,153

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

Shenyang Open 2019: 30.72Shenyang Open 2023: 39.22Dandong Yalu River Open 2024: 26.71Dalian Open 2024: 32.1626.7139.2230 Jun 201916 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as she improves.