People · China
Liwen Guo (郭立文)
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024GUOL01
Liwen Guo (郭立文) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Shenyang Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,683rd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2024, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Liwen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.80 | 9.86 | top 4.4% | 1,683 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 38.54 | 44.96 | top 10.4% | 1,098 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.94 | 21.08 | top 14.9% | 1,473 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 5.02 | top 17.4% | 2,812 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Oct 2024First competition: Harbin Open 2024. A 10.84 3×3 single to start from.
- 27 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.92 at Harbin Open 2024.
Competitions
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 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.
- Yanfu Feng (冯彦福) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.