People · China
Yutong Liang (梁昱桐)
Pyraminx · top 1.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LIAN26
Yutong Liang (梁昱桐) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at SacCubing XVIII 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 225th in China. Until April 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2017, he has put 243 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.34 in June 2017 to 9.47, a 42% improvement. Yutong has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.36 | 4.78 | top 1.9% | 225 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 9.47 | 11.53 | top 6.1% | 2,380 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 4.90 | 7.03 | top 17.4% | 1,095 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 4.37 | top 19.0% | 3,153 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 47.67 | 57.06 | top 21.8% | 2,387 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.96 | 1:31.27 | top 24.4% | 755 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.79 | 27.07 | top 25.5% | 2,546 / 5,994 | |
| Square-1 | 35.62 | 48.26 | top 59.4% | 1,021 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 3:20.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,763 / 2,857 | |
| Clock | 44.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,852 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XVIII 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at La La Land 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at La La Land 2024.
- 20 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Tianjin Autumn 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.61 at China Championship 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
Competitions
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
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.
- Kate Grahame — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liv Coverdale — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Nico Harper (李有為) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.