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Jiabo Lai (赖家博)

3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024LAIJ02

Jiabo Lai (赖家博) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.11, set at Hangzhou Winter 2025, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,620th in China. Across 4 competitions since December 2024, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.87 in December 2024 to 12.11, a 13% improvement. Jiabo has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.11
signature single · Hangzhou Winter 2025
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.1114.62
top 14.3%5,620 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.929.84
top 19.4%2,219 / 10,224
4×455.9659.94
top 31.9%3,215 / 5,926
6×63:06.763:14.88
early days — 3 solves862 / 1,349
2×25.777.20
top 48.4%8,283 / 15,796

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

Hangzhou Open 2024: 13.87Hangzhou Winter 2025: 12.11Hangzhou Open 2026: 12.5312.1113.8715 Dec 202423 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.