People · China
Yukun Liu (刘宇坤)
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LIUY03
Yukun Liu (刘宇坤) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.57, set at Quangang Afternoon 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,469th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2024, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.01 in March 2024 to 8.57, a 22% improvement. Yukun has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.57 | 9.97 | top 3.9% | 1,469 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 35.73 | 42.62 | top 7.4% | 751 / 5,926 | |
| Square-1 | 11.08 | 12.74 | top 8.1% | 116 / 1,362 | |
| Megaminx | 56.98 | 1:01.89 | top 8.4% | 207 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.20 | 1:27.59 | top 23.4% | 1,115 / 2,816 |
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
- 8 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Zhengzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Huzhou Open 2024. A 11.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yang Li (李扬) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.