People · China
Hanzhi Liu (刘寒知)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025LIUH01
Hanzhi Liu (刘寒知) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Xi'an Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,776th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 82 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in January 2025 to 8.91, a 51% improvement. Hanzhi 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.91 | 10.54 | top 4.7% | 1,776 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 39.06 | 46.56 | top 11.0% | 1,168 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 4.85 | top 23.6% | 3,925 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.42 | 28.01 | top 32.6% | 3,144 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.10 | 11.80 | top 53.8% | 5,610 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Xi'an Summer 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.68 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Xi'an New Year 2025. A 18.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 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 his.
- Enqi Bai (白恩企) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.