People · China
Hengyu Xiong (熊珩宇)
3×3 · top 0.18% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023XION05
Hengyu Xiong (熊珩宇) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.26, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2023, he has put 276 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.51 in November 2023 to 5.26, a 72% improvement. Hengyu has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 5.26 | 7.26 | top 0.18% | 69 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.91 | 2.69 | top 4.2% | 555 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 36.42 | 51.72 | top 8.1% | 834 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 5.50 | 8.08 | top 22.0% | 1,377 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:31.69 | — | early days — 3 solves | 328 / 1,183 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.10 | 10.70 | top 37.0% | 4,020 / 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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 25 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.21 at Adelaide Summer 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Chongqing Open 2023. A 18.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Don't DNF Beijing 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.