People · China
Haoran Ji (纪昊然)
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024JIHA01
Haoran Ji (纪昊然) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Taizhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,683rd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 204 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.64 in March 2024 to 8.80, a 24% improvement. Haoran has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.80 | 11.50 | top 4.4% | 1,683 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.76 | top 4.4% | 597 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 6.81 | 7.71 | top 10.3% | 224 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 43.08 | 48.91 | top 15.9% | 1,719 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 5.12 | 7.09 | top 19.1% | 1,186 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.10 | 7.83 | top 20.7% | 2,369 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.77 | 26.23 | top 30.8% | 2,987 / 5,922 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.29 at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Xuzhou Open 2024. A 11.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Yiming Zuo (左一鸣) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.