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Yichen Liu (刘逸晨)

3×3 · top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019LIUY21

Yichen Liu (刘逸晨) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.88, set at Beijing Only 3x3 2025, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,957th in China. Across 4 competitions since June 2019, he has put 28 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.20 in June 2019 to 10.88, a 74% improvement. Yichen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.88
signature single · Beijing Only 3x3 2025
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.8812.66
top 10.1%3,957 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed21.3927.41
top 24.3%2,403 / 5,922
2×24.316.04
top 30.5%5,229 / 15,796
5×52:14.21
early days — 1 solve2,303 / 2,816

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

Beijing Summer 2019: 41.20Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 10.8810.8841.207 Jun 201923 Nov 2025

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.