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People · Hong Kong, China

Li Shang Cheng (李尚澄)

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024LISH03

Li Shang Cheng (李尚澄) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.63, set at Future Park Thailand Cube Battle 2026, puts her in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since May 2024, she has put 786 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.17 in May 2024 to 7.63, a 42% improvement. Li has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.63
signature single · Future Park Thailand Cube Battle 2026
786
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×37.639.51
top 2.2%51 / 1,347
4×431.5443.26
top 3.8%37 / 423
2×22.133.61
top 5.7%76 / 855
Skewb3.616.90
top 8.4%32 / 285
Pyraminx4.727.15
top 11.5%81 / 431
5×51:10.411:15.28
top 11.9%58 / 192
Clock7.629.78
top 13.4%40 / 156
Megaminx1:12.721:19.68
top 17.3%43 / 154
Square-118.7921.41
top 25.2%53 / 126
3×3 one-handed24.1430.77
top 31.9%179 / 361
6×62:43.162:53.64
top 32.5%55 / 87
7×74:18.73—
early days — 3 solves48 / 74
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves48.33
top 55.5%52 / 76

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

Robinson Latkrabang Cubing 2024: 13.17Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 14.62Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 12.29Thailand Championship 2024: 13.56Hong Kong Championship 2024: 12.00Shenzhen Open 2024: 11.51Singapore Championship 2025: 10.00MYHM Zeer Rangsit Cubing 2025: 9.30USM Penang Cube 2025: 10.30Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 9.85Taipei Summer Open 2025: 10.46Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 9.52HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 12.05Makati Speedcubing Open V 2025: 8.65Hong Kong Championship 2025: 9.00Taiwan Championship 2025: 9.51Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 8.82Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 7.75BQHS Spring Open 2026: 7.99Odd Day in Hong Kong 2026: 8.05Future Park Thailand Cube Battle 2026: 7.63Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026: 7.777.6314.6211 May 20249 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.54 away.

Targets move as she improves.