People · China
Qinghong Liu (刘庆鸿)
3×3 · top 0.17% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025LIUQ01
Qinghong Liu (刘庆鸿) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.24, set at Ningbo Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in China. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2025, he has put 268 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.99 in June 2025 to 5.24, a 34% improvement. Qinghong has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 5.24 | 8.29 | top 0.17% | 68 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.59 | 6.48 | top 2.4% | 294 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.43 | top 4.9% | 676 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.33 | 16.30 | top 6.7% | 653 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 36.10 | 39.66 | top 7.8% | 800 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 3.66 | 5.27 | top 8.7% | 501 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.34 | 1:21.86 | top 11.8% | 581 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.22 | 2:30.69 | early days — 3 solves | 490 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:49.94 | 3:55.43 | early days — 3 solves | 542 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 12.45 | 14.23 | top 37.2% | 888 / 1,843 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ningbo Autumn 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025First competition: Yancheng Open 2025. A 8.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Handong He (何瀚东) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.