People · China
Baoxuan Guo (郭宝暄)
2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022GUOB01
Baoxuan Guo (郭宝暄) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,346th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2022, he has put 162 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.85 in October 2022 to 11.28, a 37% improvement. Baoxuan 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.82 | top 9.1% | 1,346 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.28 | 13.01 | top 11.4% | 4,465 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.37 | — | top 66.1% | 5,254 / 5,926 |
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 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at Open de Lumes 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Open de Lumes 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First competition: Slow N Spooky Open 2022. A 17.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hayange Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Flashback Collector Metz 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Luxembourg Nationals 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kölner Kubing 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Open de Lumes 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Slow N Spooky Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 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.
- Alexander Richetta — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Annika Stein — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Antoine Isselin — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.