In the past year (2019), Lichao Liu (刘立超) competed in 6 competitions and 74 rounds across 17 events, from Mar 23rd to Oct 5th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 4 times across 4 events, including 2 silvers and 2 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 4x4x4 Cube | | 1 | |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | | 1 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | | | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 326 solves and completed 287.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 50 | 50 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 48 | 50 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 34 | 35 |
| Megaminx | 24 | 25 |
| Clock | 21 | 25 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 20 | 20 |
| Pyraminx | 20 | 20 |
| Square-1 | 20 | 20 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 18 | 20 |
| Skewb | 9 | 10 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 8 | 21 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 3 | 3 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 3 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 3 | 9 |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 2 | 9 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 3 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 59 times across 16 events, including 31 singles and 28 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| Clock | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Megaminx | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Pyraminx | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Skewb | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Square-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2018 | 2019 | Improvement |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 11:31.00 | 3:27.25 | 8:03.75 (233.41%) |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 2:06.58 | 40.48 | 1:26.10 (212.70%) |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 18:55.00 | 11:03.00 | 7:52.00 (71.19%) |
| Skewb | 6.74 | 4.27 | 2.47 (57.85%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 4.41 | 3.24 | 1.17 (36.11%) |
| Megaminx | 1:35.28 | 1:10.84 | 24.44 (34.50%) |
| Pyraminx | 5.98 | 4.52 | 1.46 (32.30%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 41.82 | 34.84 | 6.98 (20.03%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 24.40 | 20.66 | 3.74 (18.10%) |
| Square-1 | 20.13 | 17.42 | 2.71 (15.56%) |
| Clock | 11.77 | 10.24 | 1.53 (14.94%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 41 | 36 | 5 (13.89%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:54.50 | 2:40.14 | 14.36 (8.97%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4:18.66 | 4:06.48 | 12.18 (4.94%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:15.41 | 1:14.99 | 0.42 (0.56%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 10.94 | 10.88 | 0.06 (0.55%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2018 | 2019 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 3:15.88 | 48.60 | 2:27.28 (303.05%) |
| Clock | 14.56 | 10.64 | 3.92 (36.84%) |
| Megaminx | 1:45.04 | 1:19.02 | 26.02 (32.93%) |
| Skewb | 8.91 | 6.92 | 1.99 (28.76%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 29.27 | 23.51 | 5.76 (24.50%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 47.72 | 39.25 | 8.47 (21.58%) |
| Pyraminx | 7.49 | 6.51 | 0.98 (15.05%) |
| Square-1 | 24.43 | 22.36 | 2.07 (9.26%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 42.00 | 38.67 | 3.33 (8.61%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 13.97 | 12.91 | 1.06 (8.21%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:24.32 | 1:18.48 | 5.84 (7.44%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 5.38 | 5.07 | 0.31 (6.11%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 3:07.59 | 2:59.67 | 7.92 (4.41%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4:25.83 | 4:17.36 | 8.47 (3.29%) |
Cubers
He met 881 cubers from 6 countries/regions, 116 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 765 |
| 2 | 88 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 4 | 4 |
| All | 881 |
Regions
He competed in 1 country/region.
Cities
In China, he visited 4 cities while competing.
| City | Times |
| Hefei | 3 |
| Wuhu | 1 |
| Xi'an | 1 |
| Jinan | 1 |
