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Dianliang Cao (曹殿亮)

3×3 · top 34.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016CAOD01

Dianliang Cao (曹殿亮) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.16, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 34.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,357th in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, he has put 18 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.44 in July 2016 to 18.16, a 55% improvement. Dianliang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.6% of 284,439 all-time
18.16
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.1620.60
top 34.6%12,357 / 28,153
2×216.48
early days — 2 solves14,662 / 15,796
Skewb22.50
early days — 1 solve4,565 / 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

Xining Summer Open 2016: 40.44Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 20.20Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 18.1618.1640.4431 Jul 20164 Apr 2025

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 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.16 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.