People · China
Hengyu Liu (刘恒羽)
2×2 · top 8.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LIUH01
Hengyu Liu (刘恒羽) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Warm Up Vancouver 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,241st in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, he has put 132 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.94 in July 2023 to 10.43, a 13% improvement. Hengyu 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 | 2.44 | 3.75 | top 8.4% | 1,241 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 10.43 | 12.08 | top 8.8% | 3,485 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 42.97 | 48.18 | top 15.8% | 1,741 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.17 | 1:38.16 | top 25.9% | 1,230 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.90 | 8.71 | top 27.1% | 3,070 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 7.88 | 9.38 | top 40.4% | 2,410 / 5,030 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.89 | 2:05.41 | top 44.7% | 1,243 / 1,693 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.24 | 4:38.27 | top 55.7% | 1,043 / 1,363 | |
| Clock | 18.77 | 24.24 | top 61.1% | 1,411 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 43.02 | — | top 68.9% | 1,151 / 1,373 | |
| 7×7 | 8:36.96 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,252 / 1,274 |
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
- 17 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Burnaby Summer 2025.
- 14 May 2023First competition: Take Your Time Richmond 2023.
Competitions
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Richmond 2023 · 14 May 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.
- Peter Barnwell — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Zhang — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.