People · China
Yizhou Liu (刘翼舟)
Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021LIUY02
Yizhou Liu (刘翼舟) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at Taizhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 165th in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2021, he has put 144 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.09 in March 2021 to 9.18, a 52% improvement. Yizhou has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.19 | 5.50 | top 1.5% | 165 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 1.74 | 3.81 | top 3.3% | 420 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.18 | 10.65 | top 5.3% | 2,034 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.87 | 7.47 | top 10.0% | 593 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 7.01 | 7.72 | top 10.9% | 242 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 42.89 | 45.73 | top 15.6% | 1,694 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.00 | 22.42 | top 23.2% | 2,316 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,652 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:47.19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 678 / 1,183 | |
| Square-1 | 32.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 925 / 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
- 6 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 25 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024.
- 14 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 9.93 at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 14 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 14 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 27 Mar 2021First competition: Shaoxing Morning 2021. A 19.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Morning 2021 · 27 Mar 2021
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.
- Yiming Zuo (左一鸣) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Han Wang (汪涵) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.