People · China
Ziyu Liang (梁梓煜)
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LIAN12
Ziyu Liang (梁梓煜) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.92, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 954th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2023, he has put 137 official solves on the record across six 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 13.33 in May 2023 to 7.92, a 41% improvement. Ziyu has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.92 | 10.35 | top 2.6% | 954 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.43 | top 11.0% | 1,691 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 37.67 | top 14.8% | 148 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.23 | 23.66 | top 26.7% | 2,628 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.10 | 12.73 | top 53.8% | 5,610 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 10.20 | 16.80 | top 56.1% | 3,118 / 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
- 24 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.98 at Jiangmen Open 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Zhuhai Open 2025.
- 28 May 2023First competition: STEM Cube Open Penang 2023. A 13.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMCanton Haizhu 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou 3x3 Quiet Day 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- STEM Cube Open Penang 2023 · 28 May 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 his.
- Wenqiang Yan (严文强) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Xiaoyi Lin (林小懿) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.