People · China
Hengyi Liu (刘恒毅)
2×2 · top 8.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LIUH03
Hengyi Liu (刘恒毅) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Chongqing New Year 2025, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,308th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2023, he has put 71 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.87 in October 2023 to 10.53, a 38% improvement. Hengyi 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.67 | top 8.8% | 1,308 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 10.53 | 12.03 | top 9.1% | 3,614 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,489 / 10,269 |
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
- 26 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.48 at Guiyang Open 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023. A 16.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
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.
- Le Rong (荣乐) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shuda Huang (黄黍达) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhenyu Sun (孙振宇) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.