People · China
Gengchen Hua (华庚宸)
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024HUAG01
Gengchen Hua (华庚宸) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.76, set at Beijing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 884th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2024, he has put 230 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.44 in March 2024 to 7.76, a 38% improvement. Gengchen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 7.76 | 9.42 | top 2.4% | 884 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 2.38 | 6.20 | top 2.5% | 129 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 29.85 | 36.64 | top 2.8% | 278 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.27 | 17.75 | top 4.9% | 455 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.13 | 6.87 | top 8.4% | 1,012 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 3.28 | top 10.5% | 1,625 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.53 | 1:21.69 | top 15.9% | 792 / 2,857 | |
| Clock | 8.57 | 9.98 | top 17.7% | 406 / 1,887 | |
| 6×6 | 2:29.04 | 2:44.42 | early days — 3 solves | 552 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wuhu Open 2026.
- 17 May 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2025.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Dandong Yalu River Open 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dandong Yalu River Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Xuzhou Open 2024. A 12.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 III 2026 · 1 Jul 2026
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.