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Yu-Ching Liu (劉宥慶)

4×4 · top 3.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023LIUY10

Yu-Ching Liu (劉宥慶) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 31.23, set at Hsinchu Summer Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 98th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2023, he has put 53 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.25 in September 2023 to 10.12, a 17% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 3.6% of 83,917 all-time
31.23
signature single · Hsinchu Summer Open 2024
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
4×431.2337.90
top 3.6%98 / 1,078
3×310.1211.54
top 7.8%470 / 4,213
2×23.494.15
top 20.1%503 / 1,669
5×51:21.681:37.39
top 20.4%251 / 639
Skewb5.557.54
top 22.3%225 / 699
3×3 one-handed23.2028.68
top 29.3%382 / 802

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

Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 12.25HCHS Winter Open 2024: 10.87Hsinchu Summer Open 2024: 10.1210.1212.2516 Sep 202317 Aug 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.