People · China
Junbo Liu (刘竣菠)
3×3 one-handed · top 4.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024LIUJ24
Junbo Liu (刘竣菠) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.11, set at Zhengzhou Summer III 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 409th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2024, he has put 112 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Junbo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.11 | 17.63 | top 4.6% | 409 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 35.44 | 40.59 | top 7.1% | 718 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 11.32 | top 8.0% | 3,144 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 5.15 | top 20.6% | 3,381 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.25 | 1:32.61 | top 23.5% | 1,117 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 12.20 | 13.24 | top 35.9% | 857 / 1,843 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.73 | 11.75 | top 42.5% | 4,545 / 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
- 8 Dec 2024First competition: Zhengzhou Open 2024. A 10.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
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.
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.