Ziyao Liu (刘梓尧)

Ziyao Liu (刘梓尧) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts her 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 9 competitions since January 2025, she has put 169 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 9.67 in January 2025 to 6.98, a 28% improvement. Ziyao has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.