People · China
Yimo Liu (刘弈墨)
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019LIUY43
Yimo Liu (刘弈墨) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.76, set at Vegas Cubing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,805th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2019, he has put 47 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.92 in September 2019 to 10.76, a 60% improvement. Yimo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.76 | 13.24 | top 9.7% | 3,805 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.50 | 5.81 | top 32.9% | 5,640 / 15,796 | |
| Square-1 | 34.01 | — | early days — 1 solve | 962 / 1,362 |
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
- 9 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 12.10 at Shenzhen Good Morning 2021.
- 15 Nov 2020First sub-20 3×3: 16.42 at Shenzhen Good Morning 2020.
- 21 Sep 2019First competition: Shenzhen Open 2019. A 26.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Winter 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Championship 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021 · 28 Mar 2021
- Shenzhen Good Morning 2021 · 9 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Good Morning 2020 · 15 Nov 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2019 · 21 Sep 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.
- Donghao Xu (许东豪) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jixuan Wang (王佶萱) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.