Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Hangxu Liu (刘航旭)

People · China

Hangxu Liu (刘航旭)

5×5 · top 14.6% of 40,792 all-time · competing since February 2026 · 2026LIUH02

Hangxu Liu (刘航旭) has been competing for 7 months. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:14.07, set at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 710th in China. Across 12 competitions since February 2026, he has put 128 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Hangxu has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 14.6% of 40,792 all-time
1:14.07
signature single · Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026
128
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
5×51:14.071:20.92
top 14.6%710 / 2,816
3×313.2914.62
top 18.5%7,196 / 28,153
4×449.5456.26
top 24.1%2,573 / 5,926
6×62:34.672:40.25
top 28.0%603 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves42.33
top 33.6%369 / 1,058
2×24.665.76
top 35.0%6,013 / 15,796
7×74:32.82
early days — 2 solves782 / 1,261
Pyraminx10.4715.18
top 56.6%5,885 / 10,224

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

Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 13.69Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 14.19Deqing Small & Special 2026: 17.35Foshan Open 2026: 13.96Huanggang Open 2026: 13.29Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 15.6113.2917.356 Feb 20262 Sep 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-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 14.07 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.