People · China
Mingzhen Liu (柳名臻)
3×3 · top 5.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026LIUM01
Mingzhen Liu (柳名臻) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.34, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,251st in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2026, he has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. Mingzhen has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.34 | 10.73 | top 5.7% | 2,251 / 28,499 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026First competition: Beijing Winter 2026. A 10.55 3×3 single to start from.
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Beijing Winter 2026.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 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.
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yupeng Zhang (张毓芃) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhibo Yin (尹智博) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.