People · Canada
Goldon Gao
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025GAOG01
Goldon Gao has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.51, set at Richmond Fall 2025, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 829th in Canada. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2025, he has put 89 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.56 in July 2025 to 10.51, a 16% improvement. Goldon has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.51 | 13.48 | top 9.0% | 829 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 45.63 | 51.01 | top 19.1% | 488 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 4.74 | top 23.6% | 1,577 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.92 | 31.37 | top 41.7% | 941 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.85 | 2:17.74 | top 50.4% | 667 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 4:22.78 | 4:57.09 | early days — 3 solves | 424 / 665 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.99 | 17.93 | top 81.8% | 4,113 / 4,858 | |
| 7×7 | 8:11.73 | — | early days — 1 solve | 433 / 503 | |
| Megaminx | 4:31.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,257 / 1,375 |
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
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Fall 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First competition: White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025. A 12.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Owen Zong — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Naitik Kaushal — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.