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Hongyu Jiang (姜宏禹)

3×3 blindfolded · top 2.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016JIAN34

Hongyu Jiang (姜宏禹) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 23.80, set at Shenyang Spring 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in China. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since November 2016, he has put 761 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.97 in November 2016 to 9.12, a 24% improvement. Hongyu has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 2.5% of 12,178 all-time
23.80
signature single · Shenyang Spring 2025
761
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded23.8036.55
top 2.5%37 / 1,183
3×39.1210.47
top 5.1%1,958 / 28,153
2×22.524.28
top 9.1%1,346 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.317.46
top 9.2%1,102 / 10,224
4×441.6449.70
top 14.1%1,523 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed17.8622.32
top 14.7%1,455 / 5,922
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 41:54—
top 15.7%47 / 278
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 3 solves244 / 1,058
Skewb5.957.06
top 25.4%1,567 / 5,004
5×51:55.282:08.54
top 46.1%1,991 / 2,816
4×4 blindfolded10:54.00—
early days — 2 solves104 / 149
Clock25.7026.85
top 78.0%1,618 / 1,843

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

Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 11.97ZUA Open 2017: 11.34Shenyang Spring 2017: 10.96Dalian Winter 2017: 11.92Fushun Open 2018: 12.78Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 10.70Dalian Open 2018: 11.53Harbin Open 2018: 12.37Shenyang Summer 2018: 10.32China Championship 2018: 10.89Mudanjiang Open 2018: 10.32Dalian Spring 2019: 11.33Xinxiang Open 2019: 10.24Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 9.76Chongqing Open 2023: 9.32Shenyang Open 2023: 9.12Fushun Open 2024: 9.87Shenyang Spring 2024: 10.29Zibo Open 2024: 9.12Dandong Yalu River Open 2024: 9.39Dalian Open 2024: 9.88Harbin Open 2024: 10.23Shenyang Spring 2025: 9.20Harbin Open 2025: 9.69Shenyang Autumn 2025: 10.23Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 9.20Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 10.639.1212.7820 Nov 201611 Apr 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-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 3.80 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.