People · China
Youyang Liu (刘悠扬)
Square-1 · top 1.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017LIUY30
Youyang Liu (刘悠扬) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.70, set at Xi'an Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in China. Until April 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2017, he has put 147 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in December 2017 to 8.74, a 44% improvement. Youyang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 6.70 | 17.65 | top 1.3% | 23 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 8.74 | 10.48 | top 4.3% | 1,627 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 6.04 | top 8.5% | 1,024 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.84 | 5.53 | top 9.8% | 580 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 3.53 | top 13.8% | 2,145 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 43.77 | 49.25 | top 16.7% | 1,811 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.71 | 22.32 | top 19.7% | 1,973 / 5,922 |
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
- 21 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang Autumn 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.74 at Chongqing Open 2023.
- 11 Apr 2021First sub-15 3×3: 12.66 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021.
- 10 Apr 2021Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021.
- 30 Dec 2017First competition: Chongqing Open 2017. A 15.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.