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Congxi Liu (刘淙溪)

3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018LIUC22

Congxi Liu (刘淙溪) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.14, set at Beijing Only 3x3 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 547th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since December 2018, he has put 727 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.17 in December 2018 to 7.14, a 58% improvement. Congxi has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time
7.14
signature single · Beijing Only 3x3 2025
727
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.149.75
top 1.5%547 / 28,499
3×3 one-handed11.7614.24
top 2.7%239 / 5,994
4×430.1236.49
top 3.0%295 / 5,999
Pyraminx3.073.95
top 3.9%475 / 10,269
Megaminx52.8659.90
top 6.5%157 / 1,693
5×51:02.811:11.44
top 7.2%352 / 2,857
2×22.533.57
top 9.2%1,392 / 15,939
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves33.00
top 9.9%99 / 1,071
Clock6.788.16
top 10.1%229 / 1,887
Square-113.2017.04
top 12.4%188 / 1,373
3×3 blindfolded58.81—
top 12.6%190 / 1,184
7×73:11.843:24.74
top 13.9%287 / 1,274
Skewb4.886.26
top 17.3%1,083 / 5,030
6×62:14.322:17.69
top 17.7%399 / 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

Beijing Winter 2018: 17.17Shenyang New Year 2019: 15.88Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 13.91Tianjin Autumn 2019: 10.61Xi'an Open 2024: 10.61Dalian Open 2024: 8.52Harbin Open 2024: 9.23Zhengzhou Open 2024: 9.11Beijing Winter 2025: 9.60Beijing Summer 2025: 8.94Harbin Open 2025: 9.98Shenyang Autumn 2025: 8.12Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 7.14Beijing Spring Open 2026: 9.45Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 8.57Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 9.057.1417.1731 Dec 201829 Aug 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.