People · China
Zhengyuan Liu (刘正源)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LIUZ26
Zhengyuan Liu (刘正源) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.95, set at Fuzhou Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2019, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.54 in August 2019 to 6.95, a 79% improvement. Zhengyuan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 6.95 | 7.62 | top 1.3% | 450 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 36.37 | 40.10 | top 8.0% | 832 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.40 | 4.70 | top 31.6% | 5,421 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.20 | 15.28 | top 46.6% | 4,935 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 20.83 | 28.52 | top 90.9% | 4,466 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 6.95 at Fuzhou Summer 2026.
- 23 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 6.95 at Fuzhou Summer 2026.
- 1 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.50 at Xiamen Winter 2019.
- 1 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Winter 2019.
- 6 Oct 2019First sub-30 3×3: 24.72 at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 6 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Summer 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
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.
- Pengwei Chen (陈芃威) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yujie Rao (饶喻杰) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.