People · China
Yichen Liu (刘易宸)
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LIUY17
Yichen Liu (刘易宸) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.31, set at Xi'an New Year 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,368th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.49 in August 2024 to 10.31, a 10% improvement. Yichen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.31 | 12.48 | top 8.4% | 3,368 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.88 | 24.09 | top 23.0% | 2,318 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 3.88 | 5.44 | top 25.0% | 4,263 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.71 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,256 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 19.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,424 / 1,887 |
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 11.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Enqi Bai (白恩企) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yifeng Pei (裴一丰) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.