People · China
Hongzheng Li (李泓铮)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025LIHO04
Hongzheng Li (李泓铮) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.05, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,068th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2025, he has put 42 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.80 in December 2025 to 8.05, a 32% improvement. Hongzheng has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.05 | 10.82 | top 2.9% | 1,068 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.62 | 4.54 | top 21.8% | 3,629 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.72 | 24.33 | top 25.3% | 2,531 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,650 / 5,999 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.67 at Nanchang Summer 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025First competition: Zhengzhou Zest 2025. A 11.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
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.
- Junye Qiu (邱俊烨) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zihao Shen (沈子皓) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xintong Wang (王心潼) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.