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Liang Chen (陈樑)

3×3 blindfolded · top 4.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017CHEL02

Liang Chen (陈樑) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 31.91, set at Please Be Quiet Hefei 2025, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in China. Until April 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since July 2017, he has put 181 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 4:01.73 in August 2017 to 31.91, an 87% improvement. Liang has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 4.7% of 12,178 all-time
31.91
signature single · Please Be Quiet Hefei 2025
181
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded31.9150.07
top 4.7%80 / 1,183
3×3 Multi-Blind21 of 23 cubes · 53:12—
top 5.0%19 / 278
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves32.33
top 6.2%60 / 1,058
4×4 blindfolded4:21.20—
top 17.1%33 / 149
5×5 blindfolded10:25.00—
early days — 2 solves28 / 95
Skewb6.0811.84
top 26.3%1,633 / 5,004
Pyraminx7.1413.66
top 29.0%3,213 / 10,224
3×318.6321.73
top 36.0%12,733 / 28,153
4×41:07.51—
early days — 3 solves4,174 / 5,926
Clock14.4815.60
top 45.8%1,082 / 1,843
2×25.938.89
top 50.2%8,576 / 15,796

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

Yangzhou Open 2017: 4:01.73Shanghai Winter 2018: 2:29.41Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 1:38.29Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018: 1:42.15China Championship 2018: 1:17.79Shanghai Memory Nightmare 2019: 1:33.60China Championship 2019: 1:08.01Kunshan Side Events 2021: 55.45Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 58.78Kunshan Open 2024: 42.42Please Be Quiet Xi'an 2024: 53.05Guangzhou Quiet Day 2024: 45.61Please Be Quiet Beijing 2024: 43.91Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024: 59.54Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 42.91Yancheng Open 2025: 41.17Taizhou Open 2025: 42.06Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 38.38Please Be Quiet Hefei 2025: 31.91Deqing Big & Blind 2026: 39.17Please Don't DNF Beijing 2026: 49.81Quanzhou Blindfolded 2026: 36.9331.914:01.7320 Aug 201731 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. 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-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.