People · Chinese Taipei
Lichia Huang
2×2 · top 0.64% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023HUAN39
Lichia Huang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.04, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.64% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2023, he has put 499 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.74 in September 2023 to 9.45, a 31% improvement. Lichia has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.04 | 2.13 | top 0.64% | 15 / 1,671 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.05 | 3.54 | top 1.2% | 16 / 1,017 | |
| Square-1 | 6.97 | 9.35 | top 1.8% | 7 / 323 | |
| Skewb | 3.11 | 4.64 | top 5.6% | 57 / 700 | |
| 3×3 | 9.45 | 11.84 | top 6.0% | 363 / 4,369 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.03 | 20.39 | top 12.7% | 173 / 805 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.24 | 1:20.72 | top 14.6% | 83 / 363 | |
| Clock | 9.46 | 10.29 | top 22.2% | 93 / 370 | |
| 4×4 | 51.12 | 55.55 | top 26.2% | 502 / 1,079 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.93 | — | top 55.6% | 489 / 640 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:26.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 135 / 149 |
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 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Saint Mike's Cube Fest VT 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025.
- 28 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lexington Weeknights IV 2025.
- 8 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Wakefield Winter 2024.
- 8 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Wakefield Winter 2024.
- 30 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at Wakefield MA Summer 2024.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026
- Saint Mike's Cube Fest VT 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ocean State Cubikon 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights IV 2025 · 28 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Woburn Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Winter 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights VI 2024 · 19 Aug 2024
- Lexington Weeknights V 2024 · 5 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights II 2024 · 1 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield MA Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023
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.
- Ryan Durette — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Derek White — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.