People · China
Liqian Zheng (郑立谦)
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ZHEN27
Liqian Zheng (郑立谦) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Ningbo Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,599th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since September 2025, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.71 | 10.62 | top 4.2% | 1,599 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 6.00 | 9.24 | top 50.9% | 8,681 / 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 story so far
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Ningbo Autumn 2025. A 8.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
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.
- Yunqi Liu (刘云起) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jiashun Wu (吴嘉顺) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Wenrui Qian (钱文睿) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.