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Gaojian Pan (潘高健)

4×4 · top 2.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017PANG08

Gaojian Pan (潘高健) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 28.75, set at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 206th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since August 2017, he has put 937 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.16 in August 2017 to 8.13, a 38% improvement. Gaojian has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.2% of 83,917 all-time
28.75
signature single · Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024
937
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×428.7535.87
top 2.2%206 / 5,926
3×38.139.65
top 3.0%1,097 / 28,153
Pyraminx2.974.65
top 3.5%423 / 10,224
2×21.823.61
top 3.7%492 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed13.7418.03
top 5.6%528 / 5,922
5×51:02.531:04.32
top 6.9%328 / 2,816
6×62:00.172:10.15
top 11.0%235 / 1,349
Skewb4.536.34
top 14.7%902 / 5,004
7×73:16.173:36.80
top 15.1%302 / 1,261
Megaminx1:26.871:38.10
top 26.1%803 / 1,678
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
early days — 2 solves369 / 1,058

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

Ningxia Open 2017: 13.16China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 12.18Yangjiang Open 2018: 12.53Jieyang Winter 2019: 8.78GDSY Open 2019: 9.60Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.22Jieyang Winter 2020: 11.14Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 8.74Wiltshire December 2023: 8.18Bolton Spring 2024: 8.26Wakefield Summer 2024: 8.13Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.29Stevenage December 2024: 8.92Bristol Winter Beginners 2024: 9.07Stevenage March 2025: 8.69Stevenage July 2025: 9.52Jiangmen Open 2025: 9.16Liverpool Spring 2026: 8.18Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 9.618.1313.1613 Aug 20172 Sep 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.75 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.