People · China
Haoqian Chen (陈昊谦)
3×3 · top 5.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025CHEN89
Haoqian Chen (陈昊谦) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.19, set at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,090th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2025, he has put 63 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.29 in June 2025 to 9.19, a 79% improvement. Haoqian 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.19 | 10.78 | top 5.4% | 2,090 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 8.31 | 10.27 | top 69.7% | 11,584 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 19.79 | 28.78 | top 92.6% | 9,242 / 10,269 |
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
- 16 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 13.54 at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.54 at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026.
- 9 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.33 at Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025First competition: Zhuhai Open 2025. A 43.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026 · 2 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026 · 19 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiyun Chen (陈毅昀) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 128,257 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.