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Junhe Liao (廖俊和)

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018LIAO12

Junhe Liao (廖俊和) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.67, set at Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,549th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since November 2018, he has put 507 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.20 in November 2018 to 9.67, a 63% improvement. Junhe has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.67
signature single · Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024
507
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6712.89
top 6.6%2,549 / 28,153
2×22.714.16
top 11.0%1,691 / 15,796
4×439.6045.31
top 11.6%1,236 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.828.13
top 12.1%1,450 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed17.2725.06
top 13.3%1,322 / 5,922
5×51:16.781:25.02
top 16.7%813 / 2,816
Clock9.9212.57
top 24.7%557 / 1,843
Square-118.8722.89
top 25.4%422 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves40.00
top 26.7%289 / 1,058
6×62:32.432:49.93
top 26.8%583 / 1,349
Skewb6.419.70
top 29.0%1,788 / 5,004
7×74:01.854:16.49
top 31.4%612 / 1,261
Megaminx1:38.661:57.08
top 33.8%1,008 / 1,678

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

Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 26.20Dongguan Open 2019: 22.56Dongguan Spring 2019: 22.02Meizhou Open 2019: 19.85China Championship 2019: 23.95Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 19.61Shenzhen Open 2019: 17.37Shenzhen Good Morning 2020: 18.05Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021: 15.14Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 12.48Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 11.44Shenzhen Open 2023: 12.31Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024: 9.67Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 11.93Shenzhen Open 2024: 13.28Zhuhai Open 2025: 10.15Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 12.64Foshan Open 2026: 10.67Maoming Open 2026: 13.66Zhanjiang Open 2026: 12.489.6726.2018 Nov 20189 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.