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Zicong Liu (刘子聪)

3×3 blindfolded · top 0.17% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LIUZ11

Zicong Liu (刘子聪) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 15.05, set at Vietnam Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in China. Until December 2021, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2024, he has put 455 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.75 in December 2024 to 7.59, a 29% improvement. Zicong has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 0.17% of 12,178 all-time
15.05
signature single · Vietnam Championship 2026
455
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded15.0518.70
top 0.17%2 / 1,183
Pyraminx1.815.23
top 0.84%96 / 10,224
3×37.598.92
top 2.1%764 / 28,153
4×429.4438.23
top 2.5%243 / 5,926
Clock4.455.29
top 3.2%57 / 1,843
4×4 blindfolded2:07.323:30.05
top 3.4%7 / 149
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves24.67
top 4.0%42 / 1,058
3×3 Multi-Blind23 of 25 cubes · 56:58—
top 4.4%17 / 278
5×5 blindfolded5:50.8712:39.00
top 6.4%6 / 95
3×3 one-handed15.6217.81
top 9.4%902 / 5,922
5×51:07.721:10.86
top 10.0%494 / 2,816
Square-113.5115.97
top 13.0%189 / 1,362
Megaminx1:08.441:19.65
top 14.7%431 / 1,678
Skewb4.716.02
top 16.0%988 / 5,004
2×23.243.71
top 17.1%2,747 / 15,796
7×73:24.263:36.77
top 17.8%373 / 1,261
6×62:16.832:26.18
top 18.9%417 / 1,349

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

Hangzhou Open 2024: 10.75Beijing University Cube League 2025: 9.19Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 8.20Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 8.58Beijing Spring Open 2026: 9.39Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 8.41Vietnam Championship 2026: 7.59Xi'an Open 2026: 7.787.5910.7515 Dec 202422 Aug 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.