People · United States
Ivan Gao
3×3 · top 6.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022GAOI01
Ivan Gao has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.76, set at UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,793rd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2022, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.51 in February 2022 to 9.76, a 33% improvement. Ivan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.76 | 12.14 | top 6.8% | 3,793 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 6.98 | top 20.0% | 7,968 / 41,674 |
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
- 24 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025.
- 6 Feb 2022First competition: Anaheim Winter B 2022. A 14.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Anaheim Winter B 2022 · 6 Feb 2022
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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.