Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Jianhao Liao (廖健豪)

People · China

Jianhao Liao (廖健豪)

2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LIAO08

Jianhao Liao (廖健豪) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at Zhenjiang Open 2017, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2016, he has put 391 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.47 in October 2016 to 1.53, a 72% improvement. Jianhao has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.53
signature single · Zhenjiang Open 2017
391
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.533.09
top 2.3%268 / 15,796
3×38.7711.36
top 4.3%1,651 / 28,153
4×438.1842.89
top 10.0%1,052 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.697.51
top 11.3%1,357 / 10,224
Skewb5.116.38
top 19.0%1,183 / 5,004
5×51:23.071:30.74
top 21.6%1,035 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed21.8528.36
top 25.6%2,513 / 5,922
6×64:00.33
early days — 1 solve1,145 / 1,349

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

Nanjing Autumn 2016: 5.47Zhenjiang Open 2016: 4.24Nanchang Winter 2016: 5.30Nanchang Spring 2017: 2.10Nanjing Spring 2017: 4.01Luoyang Open 2017: 3.62Changshu Open 2017: 2.79China Championship 2017: 2.85Nanjing Autumn 2017: 1.74Zhenjiang Open 2017: 1.53China Championship 2019: 3.071.535.4716 Oct 201626 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.