People · China
Ziyu Liu (刘子玉)
Clock · top 6.3% of 32,817 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025LIUZ06
Ziyu Liu (刘子玉) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.72, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts her in the top 6.3% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 130th in China. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, she has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. Her Clock best has come down from 9.90 in May 2025 to 5.72, a 42% improvement. Ziyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.72 | 7.23 | top 6.3% | 130 / 1,887 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 4.98 | top 17.3% | 2,823 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 14.05 | 16.00 | top 21.2% | 8,333 / 28,499 | |
| Square-1 | 18.03 | 21.66 | top 23.4% | 391 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.18 | — | top 39.4% | 1,801 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 3:30.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,032 / 1,363 |
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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 May 2025First competition: Beijing Summer 2025.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 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 her.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yiqin Sun (孙弋钦) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as she improves.