People · China
Yelou Liu (刘业楼)
Clock · top 5.8% of 32,048 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026LIUY01
Yelou Liu (刘业楼) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.53, set at Beijing Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in China. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2026, he has put 28 official solves on the record across three events. His Clock best has come down from 7.67 in January 2026 to 5.53, a 28% improvement. Yelou has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.53 | 7.51 | top 5.8% | 110 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 4.93 | 5.42 | top 38.4% | 6,639 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 20.15 | 24.19 | top 40.4% | 13,836 / 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
Best single per competition, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2026First competition: Beijing Winter 2026. A 20.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
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.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aolin Tang (唐奥林) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Min Wu (吴民) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.