People · China
Haoran Yang (杨浩然)
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017YANG87
Haoran Yang (杨浩然) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.64, set at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 798th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2017, he has put 284 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in August 2017 to 7.64, a 44% improvement. Haoran has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.64 | 9.36 | top 2.2% | 798 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.02 | 15.41 | top 3.0% | 260 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 4.34 | top 13.8% | 2,145 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 41.90 | 47.38 | top 14.4% | 1,555 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.22 | 1:27.03 | top 14.7% | 717 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.97 | 8.55 | top 19.8% | 2,262 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.86 | 9.18 | top 32.5% | 1,993 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,371 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 892 / 1,058 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 28 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 21 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 26 Aug 2017First competition: Hong Kong Open 2017. A 13.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Good Morning 2020 · 15 Nov 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Open 2017 · 26 Aug 2017
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Zhichun Li (李志纯) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.