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Harney Liu (劉峻熙)

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023LIUJ10

Harney Liu (劉峻熙) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at Zhengzhou Zest 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2023, he has put 492 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.57 in July 2023 to 7.49, a 35% improvement. Harney has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.49
signature single · Zhengzhou Zest 2025
492
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×37.498.77
top 2.0%47 / 1,347
Square-17.8811.43
top 2.8%13 / 126
2×22.123.91
top 5.6%74 / 855
Clock6.447.20
top 8.9%30 / 156
4×438.7741.17
top 10.6%85 / 423
3×3 one-handed17.6023.38
top 14.1%82 / 361
Pyraminx5.257.43
top 14.8%94 / 431

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

Edinburgh Summer 2023: 11.57Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 10.06Nanchang Spring 2024: 9.28Battersea Autumn 2024: 8.86Zhengzhou Open 2024: 8.70Beijing Winter 2025: 7.91Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 8.73Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 7.95Xi'an Autumn 2025: 9.32Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 7.49Beijing Winter 2026: 7.65Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 8.07Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 8.897.4911.5715 Jul 20231 May 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.