People · China
Zixi Liu (刘子溪)
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025LIUZ02
Zixi Liu (刘子溪) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.18, set at Xi'an Summer 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,034th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.93 in January 2025 to 9.18, a 16% improvement. Zixi 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 | 9.18 | 11.60 | top 5.3% | 2,034 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 44.23 | 45.87 | top 17.3% | 1,871 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.10 | 10.23 | top 37.0% | 4,020 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 4.92 | 5.43 | top 38.3% | 6,611 / 15,796 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.18 at Xi'an Summer 2025.
- 12 Jan 2025First competition: Chongqing New Year 2025. A 10.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
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.
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jinge Li (李金戈) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.