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Yunqi Liu (刘云起)

2×2 · top 2.1% of 185,867 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIUY24

Yunqi Liu (刘云起) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at Taizhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 185,867 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since August 2016, he has put 567 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,609 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.67 in August 2016 to 9.27, a 68% improvement. Yunqi has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 185,867 all-time
1.49
signature single · Taizhou Open 2025
567
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.493.27
top 2.1%243 / 15,709
3×39.2711.51
top 5.5%2,083 / 27,962
Skewb3.124.84
top 5.6%305 / 4,976
Pyraminx4.134.48
top 8.3%983 / 10,181
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves39.33
top 9.9%98 / 1,058
Clock7.158.89
top 11.5%244 / 1,789
3×3 one-handed17.6120.44
top 14.1%1,376 / 5,865
4×442.9246.02
top 15.6%1,680 / 5,893
Square-115.5921.05
top 17.7%276 / 1,349
5×51:34.521:39.27
top 31.1%1,391 / 2,798
Megaminx1:34.79—
early days — 2 solves922 / 1,662
3×3 blindfolded2:58.53—
early days — 3 solves711 / 1,172

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

Jinhua Open 2016: 28.67Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 14.85ZUST Open 2017: 12.69China Championship 2017: 12.11HDU Open 2017: 12.19Hangzhou Open 2018: 12.53Hangzhou Open 2019: 10.57Huzhou Open 2019: 12.97China Championship 2019: 10.75Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 10.45Shaoxing Open 2019: 9.27Hangzhou Spring 2024: 11.78Nanchang Spring 2024: 9.51Hangzhou Open 2024: 9.69Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 12.24Linhai Newcomers 2025: 10.29Taizhou Open 2025: 12.41Ningbo Autumn 2025: 9.45Xianju NxN 2026: 10.03Foshan Open 2026: 9.94Hangzhou Open 2026: 10.269.2728.676 Aug 201623 May 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-1 2×2 single — 1,020 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,863 people have one; it is 1.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.