People · China
Yize Liu (刘一泽)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LIUY02
Yize Liu (刘一泽) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,810th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2023, he has put 98 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.25 in May 2023 to 8.95, a 37% improvement. Yize 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 | 8.95 | 11.19 | top 4.7% | 1,810 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 4.75 | top 19.2% | 3,146 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.37 | 9.69 | top 30.9% | 3,398 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 9.34 | 9.77 | top 50.8% | 2,863 / 5,004 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Bravo BKK Cube Master 2026.
- 26 May 2023First competition: Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023. A 14.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bravo BKK Cube Master 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023
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.
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shuda Huang (黄黍达) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.