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Haoqian Huang (黄皓谦)

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016HUAN38

Haoqian Huang (黄皓谦) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.15, set at GDSY Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,123rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2016, he has put 331 official solves on the record across five 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 28.59 in August 2016 to 8.15, a 71% improvement. Haoqian has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.15
signature single · GDSY Open 2019
331
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
3×38.159.98
top 3.1%1,123 / 28,153
2×22.644.08
top 10.3%1,571 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed17.0918.79
top 12.8%1,265 / 5,922
Pyraminx5.186.27
top 14.3%1,695 / 10,224
4×452.4459.08
top 27.7%2,899 / 5,926

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

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 28.59GDSY Open 2017: 15.61Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 13.20China Championship 2017: 11.32China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 9.14GDSY Open 2018: 10.80Guangdong Open 2018: 10.79Hong Kong Cube Day 2019: 9.87GDSY Open 2019: 8.15Guangdong Open 2021: 10.68Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 9.46Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 9.09Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 9.25Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 9.648.1528.5913 Aug 201623 May 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.