People · China
Junming Liao (廖均铭)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017LIAO01
Junming Liao (廖均铭) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,815th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2017, he has put 409 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.18 in March 2017 to 8.91, a 37% improvement. Junming has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.91 | 10.61 | top 4.7% | 1,815 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.76 | 18.49 | top 9.8% | 964 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 39.21 | 44.08 | top 11.3% | 1,221 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.05 | top 12.5% | 1,979 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.81 | 7.39 | top 18.6% | 2,167 / 10,269 | |
| Square-1 | 17.26 | 23.56 | top 21.6% | 357 / 1,373 | |
| Clock | 10.18 | 12.13 | top 25.9% | 612 / 1,887 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,327 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 8.17 | 9.26 | top 42.7% | 2,528 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:30.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 848 / 1,184 |
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
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at GDSY Open 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2018.
- 26 Mar 2017First competition: GDSY Open 2017. A 14.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Side Event Day 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Open 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou SCUT 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 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.
- Chan Tak Chuen (陳德泉) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.