People · China
Yicheng Liu (刘翊丞)
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LIUY40
Yicheng Liu (刘翊丞) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,235th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2019, he has put 57 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.89 in August 2019 to 9.38, a 55% improvement. Yicheng has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.38 | 11.86 | top 5.8% | 2,235 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.10 | 24.79 | top 18.1% | 1,799 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.43 | 5.57 | top 19.3% | 3,169 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.82 | 16.57 | top 51.6% | 5,408 / 10,224 |
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
- 4 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 1 Jan 2020First sub-20 3×3: 15.40 at Xi'an New Year 2020.
- 1 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Xi'an New Year 2020.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019. A 20.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
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.
- Yueqi Bai (白悦琦) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.