People · China
Yue Liu (刘粤)
Pyraminx · top 5.2% of 130,891 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIUY25
Yue Liu (刘粤) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts her in the top 5.2% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 629th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2016, she has put 194 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her Skewb best has come down from 6.66 in August 2016 to 3.32, a 50% improvement. Yue has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.42 | 6.58 | top 5.2% | 629 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 3.32 | 5.05 | top 6.7% | 382 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 16.47 | 17.67 | top 29.4% | 11,028 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,265 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,701 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 31.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,768 / 1,887 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 4 Mar 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.80 at Dongguan Open 2018.
- 4 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Dongguan Open 2018.
- 22 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou SCUT 2017.
- 22 Jan 2017First sub-30 3×3: 28.38 at Dongguan Open 2017.
- 22 Jan 2017Three personal bests in one day at Dongguan Open 2017.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021 · 28 Feb 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Ningbo Footsteps 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dongguan Summer 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019 · 16 Jun 2019
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou SCUT 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2017 · 22 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
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 her.
- Jingbin Li (李晶斌) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Zicong Weng (翁子聪) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as she improves.