People · China
Yilin Liu (刘奕麟)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LIUY18
Yilin Liu (刘奕麟) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.40, set at Guilin Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 669th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 63 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Yilin 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 | 7.40 | 8.99 | top 1.9% | 669 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 31.06 | 36.30 | top 3.6% | 364 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.93 | 15.62 | top 4.4% | 394 / 5,994 |
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 7.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 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.
- Zhen Chen (陈震) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.