People · China
Hao Liu (刘昊)
4×4 · top 6.5% of 85,040 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LIUH02
Hao Liu (刘昊) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.67, set at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 674th in China. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2017, he has put 192 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.97 in April 2017 to 9.77, a 25% improvement. Hao has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.67 | 38.75 | top 6.5% | 674 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 9.77 | 11.63 | top 6.9% | 2,718 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.08 | 1:14.29 | top 8.5% | 420 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.00 | top 12.4% | 1,966 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 6.34 | top 16.5% | 1,028 / 5,030 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.20 | 1:27.06 | top 23.9% | 742 / 1,693 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.62 | 2:34.93 | early days — 3 solves | 535 / 1,363 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 11.62 | top 28.2% | 3,189 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.25 | 30.34 | top 29.5% | 2,907 / 5,994 | |
| 7×7 | 4:39.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 826 / 1,274 |
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 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Winter Open 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 30 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2017.
- 29 Apr 2017First competition: Chengdu Open 2017. A 12.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2023 · 17 Feb 2023
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Winter Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Xinyan Liu (刘心妍) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.67 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.