People · China
Luochen Liu (刘洛辰)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023LIUL05
Luochen Liu (刘洛辰) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts her in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,357th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2023, she has put 124 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.70 in November 2023 to 8.44, a 28% improvement. Luochen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.44 | 9.71 | top 3.6% | 1,357 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.86 | 4.84 | top 7.0% | 830 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 4.73 | 5.44 | top 35.9% | 6,190 / 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
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Nanchang Spring 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 25 Nov 2023First competition: Hefei Winter Open 2023. A 11.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 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 her.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yichen Jiang (姜一辰) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as she improves.