People · China
Huanjin Liu (刘桓锦)
3×3 · top 0.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LIUH02
Huanjin Liu (刘桓锦) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.91, set at Zhuhai Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in China. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2023, he has put 504 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.14 in May 2023 to 4.91, a 40% improvement. Huanjin 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 | 4.91 | 6.15 | top 0.1% | 50 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.72 | 2.51 | top 0.7% | 79 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 1.16 | 1.90 | top 0.92% | 97 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.53 | 17.35 | top 5.3% | 486 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 5.79 | top 16.4% | 1,015 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 9.35 | 11.61 | top 21.8% | 476 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023.
- 26 May 2023First competition: Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023. A 8.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Wide Bay Cubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Shuda Huang (黄黍达) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.