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Jianyu Tao (陶建宇)

3×3 · top 30.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018TAOJ01

Jianyu Tao (陶建宇) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.92, set at Xi'an Open 2018, puts him in the top 30.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,214th in China. Across 4 competitions since October 2018, he has put 86 official solves on the record across five events. Jianyu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.7% of 284,439 all-time
16.92
signature single · Xi'an Open 2018
86
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.9218.61
top 30.7%11,214 / 28,153
Skewb7.499.96
top 37.4%2,243 / 5,004
2×25.075.76
top 40.2%6,953 / 15,796
4×41:10.47
top 47.3%4,358 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.4211.11
top 48.4%5,108 / 10,224

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

Xi'an Open 2018: 5.07Linfen Open 2019: 5.22Xi'an Autumn 2025: 5.38Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 5.155.075.3827 Oct 20184 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 27 Oct 2018First competition: Xi'an Open 2018. A 16.92 3×3 single to start from.

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.