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Liyan He (何丽艳)

3×3 · top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014HELI01

Liyan He (何丽艳) has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.13, set at Xuzhou Zenith 2026, puts her in the top 10.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,263rd in China. Across 46 competitions since July 2014, she has put 463 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 32.62 in July 2014 to 11.13, a 66% improvement. Liyan has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.13
signature single · Xuzhou Zenith 2026
463
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.1314.90
top 10.9%4,263 / 28,153
4×447.0153.77
top 20.8%2,244 / 5,926
2×24.505.78
top 32.9%5,640 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 2 solves610 / 1,058
5×52:13.48—
early days — 3 solves2,288 / 2,816
Pyraminx10.8314.26
top 59.3%6,120 / 10,224
Clock24.4827.05
top 75.8%1,592 / 1,843
Skewb31.64—
early days — 2 solves4,882 / 5,004

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

Huizhou Open 2014: 32.62Nanchang Open 2015: 20.64Shenzhen Open 2015: 22.80Huizhou Open 2015: 18.35China Championship 2015: 18.85Shenzhen New Year 2016: 16.94Dongguan Open 2016: 17.57Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 18.28Huizhou Open 2016: 18.07Shantou Open 2016: 14.21Shenzhen New Year 2017: 18.06Hong Kong Cube Day 2017: 16.81Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 13.18Zhuhai Open 2017: 13.06Shantou Open 2017: 15.21China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 14.28Zhongshan Open 2017: 14.23Huizhou Open 2018: 12.82Shenzhen Open 2018: 13.36Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 13.64Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 16.80Zhuhai Open 2025: 16.76Zibo Open 2025: 15.44Vietnam Championship 2025: 13.38Jiangmen Open 2025: 15.44Quangang Afternoon 2025: 14.56HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 15.00PHS Johor Cube Open 2025: 13.46Bali Speedcubing Open 2025: 13.80Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 14.78Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 13.92Cube Camp in Jeju 2026: 14.95Xianju Special 2026: 12.57Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 13.86Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 11.13Deqing Small & Special 2026: 14.76Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 11.98Huanggang Open 2026: 14.3611.1332.6227 Jul 20147 Jun 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.01 away.

Targets move as she improves.