People · China
Haonan Ling (凌浩男)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018LING07
Haonan Ling (凌浩男) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Changsha Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,724th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 101 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.82 in July 2018 to 8.85, a 36% improvement. Haonan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 9.43 | top 4.5% | 1,724 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 36.14 | 43.40 | top 7.8% | 807 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.62 | top 11.1% | 1,714 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 4.84 | 6.07 | top 17.0% | 1,050 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.24 | 8.14 | top 29.8% | 3,286 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,824 / 2,816 |
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
- 1 May 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Guangdong Open 2021.
- 1 May 2021Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2021.
- 21 Jul 2018First competition: Shenzhen Open 2018. A 13.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
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.
- Zhihai Liu (刘之海) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Shangtong Fu (傅上桐) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jiajun Wu (吴佳骏) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.