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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.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.98
signature single · Xiamen Winter 2019
515
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.989.05
top 1.3%459 / 28,153
Pyraminx2.894.75
top 3.3%382 / 10,224
2×22.103.38
top 5.4%758 / 15,796
4×435.8340.34
top 7.5%765 / 5,926
Skewb3.615.60
top 8.4%477 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed17.0020.55
top 12.6%1,232 / 5,922
5×51:18.691:25.04
top 18.1%869 / 2,816
Square-124.5933.77
top 38.3%652 / 1,362
6×63:06.713:18.69
early days — 3 solves861 / 1,349
Megaminx2:09.872:13.13
top 51.1%1,331 / 1,678
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves42.00
top 51.8%610 / 1,058
Clock18.79
early days — 1 solve1,383 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded4:27.70
early days — 1 solve1,012 / 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

Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 11.72Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 9.93Shanghai Spring 2017: 10.44ZUST Open 2017: 10.74Hangzhou Spring 2018: 8.80Hangzhou Open 2018: 9.07SJTU Winter Open 2018: 8.52Quanzhou Open 2019: 8.67Xiamen Autumn 2019: 7.98Xiamen Winter 2019: 6.98Nanchang Spring 2024: 8.65Fuzhou Open 2026: 8.316.9811.7214 May 201617 Jan 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-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.