People · China
Yu Liu (刘宇)
Pyraminx · top 1.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025LIUY31
Yu Liu (刘宇) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.17, set at Zhengzhou Zest 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2025, he has put 63 official solves on the record across five events. Yu has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.17 | 4.49 | top 1.4% | 157 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.44 | 12.99 | top 8.8% | 3,419 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.33 | 6.51 | top 13.2% | 804 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.11 | 23.44 | top 20.8% | 2,070 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.32 | 6.58 | top 30.6% | 5,249 / 15,796 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025First competition: Zhengzhou Zest 2025. A 10.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
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.
- Yanbo Liu (刘彦博) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuheng Wu (吴雨衡) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.