People · China
Youxuan Liang (梁友轩)
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LIAN44
Youxuan Liang (梁友轩) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.80, set at Jieyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,692nd in China. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since October 2017, he has put 290 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.30 in October 2017 to 9.80, a 40% improvement. Youxuan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.80 | 11.08 | top 6.9% | 2,692 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.13 | 21.71 | top 20.8% | 2,073 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 48.30 | 56.54 | top 22.5% | 2,427 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.55 | 1:38.08 | top 22.8% | 1,089 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 4.51 | 6.36 | top 33.0% | 5,666 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:59.83 | — | early days — 3 solves | 726 / 1,183 |
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
- 11 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Jieyang Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at GDSY Open 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Guangdong Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017First competition: China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017. A 16.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021
- Jieyang Winter 2020 · 19 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Jieyang Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Summer 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Jieyang Winter 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Meizhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangjiang Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.