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Yuchong Liu (刘雨翀)

5×5 · top 0.77% of 41,402 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018LIUY38

Yuchong Liu (刘雨翀) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 45.55, set at Xuzhou Zenith 2026, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 41,402 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in China. Until March 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since July 2018, he has put 1,166 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.29 in July 2018 to 6.80, a 73% improvement. Yuchong has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.77% of 41,402 all-time
45.55
signature single · Xuzhou Zenith 2026
1,166
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
5×545.5552.78
top 0.77%30 / 2,857
3×36.808.74
top 1.1%419 / 28,499
4×426.9230.48
top 1.3%139 / 5,999
6×61:34.181:40.49
top 2.7%46 / 1,363
7×72:26.042:37.17
top 3.2%61 / 1,274
Pyraminx3.168.14
top 4.2%520 / 10,269
3×3 one-handed13.8616.53
top 5.9%579 / 5,994
2×22.363.33
top 7.6%1,111 / 15,939
Skewb3.564.70
top 8.1%462 / 5,030
Clock8.1110.74
top 15.6%353 / 1,887
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves40.67
top 37.3%415 / 1,071

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

Huizhou Open 2018: 25.29Shenzhen Open 2018: 32.56Zhanjiang Open 2018: 27.70Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 27.52China Championship 2018: 24.31Dongguan Open 2019: 19.16Yangjiang Open 2019: 20.27Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 15.43GDSY Open 2019: 16.33Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 10.66Guilin Open 2019: 12.76China Championship 2019: 12.27Jieyang Open 2019: 9.24Zhanjiang Open 2019: 13.35Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.93Yunnan Open 2019: 11.23Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019: 9.99Jieyang Winter 2020: 10.62Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020: 9.36Guangzhou Good Morning 2020: 9.03Nanchang Good Morning 2021: 8.94Shenzhen Good Morning 2021: 11.06Jieyang Good Morning 2021: 8.44Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 9.00Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021: 8.98Guangdong Open 2021: 10.19Guilin Open 2021: 9.20Shenzhen Open 2023: 9.81Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 8.53Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 8.93Guilin Open 2024: 7.89Shenzhen Open 2024: 8.53Zibo Open 2025: 7.38Jiangmen Open 2025: 7.77Guilin Open 2025: 8.25Beijing University Cube League 2025: 9.16Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 7.85Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 6.85Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 7.49Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 7.08Foshan Open 2026: 6.80Zhanjiang Open 2026: 7.85Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 7.85Guilin Open 2026: 8.106.8032.561 Jul 201818 Oct 2026

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-40 5×5 single — 73 people have one; it is 5.55 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.