People · China
Zhiyong Liu (柳智勇)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LIUZ10
Zhiyong Liu (柳智勇) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Xiamen Winter 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2016, he has put 515 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.72 in May 2016 to 6.98, a 40% improvement. Zhiyong has entered 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.98 | 9.05 | top 1.3% | 459 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.89 | 4.75 | top 3.3% | 382 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.38 | top 5.4% | 758 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 35.83 | 40.34 | top 7.5% | 765 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 3.61 | 5.60 | top 8.4% | 477 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.00 | 20.55 | top 12.6% | 1,232 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.69 | 1:25.04 | top 18.1% | 869 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 24.59 | 33.77 | top 38.3% | 652 / 1,362 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.71 | 3:18.69 | early days — 3 solves | 861 / 1,349 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.87 | 2:13.13 | top 51.1% | 1,331 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 42.00 | top 51.8% | 610 / 1,058 | |
| Clock | 18.79 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,383 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:27.70 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,012 / 1,183 |
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
- 6 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 30 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at SJTU Winter Open 2018.
- 10 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018Six personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Spring 2018.
- 10 Jun 2017Six personal bests in one day at ZUST Open 2017.
- 5 Nov 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- Xiamen Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 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 his.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Qi Zhou (周祺) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Yi Wang (王旖) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.