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Haoguang Lyu (吕浩光)

2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017LUHA03

Haoguang Lyu (吕浩光) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Malaysia Newcomer 2025, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 908th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since August 2017, he has put 670 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.00 in August 2017 to 10.03, a 64% improvement. Haoguang has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.22
signature single · Malaysia Newcomer 2025
670
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.224.54
top 6.4%908 / 15,796
3×310.0313.64
top 7.5%2,942 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.6011.15
top 10.8%1,284 / 10,224
4×442.6350.36
top 15.3%1,657 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves36.67
top 20.4%216 / 1,058
Skewb5.3814.80
top 21.1%1,307 / 5,004
Megaminx1:28.701:46.82
top 27.4%832 / 1,678
5×51:35.481:40.05
top 31.9%1,441 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed25.4831.42
top 35.5%3,365 / 5,922
6×62:58.403:09.46
top 40.3%807 / 1,349
7×74:33.744:48.33
top 42.3%789 / 1,261
Clock25.1026.10
top 76.9%1,609 / 1,843
Square-11:34.20—
early days — 2 solves1,355 / 1,362

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

Yangzhou Open 2017: 28.00Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 22.49Nanjing Autumn 2017: 19.78Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 22.30Beijing Open 2018: 19.14Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 16.07Tangshan Open 2018: 14.89Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 18.01Beijing Summer 2018: 16.18Tangshan Open 2019: 15.88Beijing Summer 2019: 18.67Beijing Winter 2019: 14.77Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 12.83Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 16.25Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024: 15.05Suankularb Open 2024: 14.28Cube Camp in Nakhon Nayok 2024: 15.96Shenzhen Open 2024: 15.20Paradise Park Bangkok NxNxN 2025: 13.58Malaysia Newcomer 2025: 10.03UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025: 12.16Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 13.7710.0328.0020 Aug 20177 Jun 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.