People · China
Jihao Huang (黄继豪)
4×4 · top 0.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019HUAN69
Jihao Huang (黄继豪) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 23.47, set at Liuzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in China. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since June 2019, he has put 700 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 4×4 best has come down from 37.30 in June 2019 to 23.47, a 37% improvement. Jihao has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 23.47 | 28.40 | top 0.4% | 39 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 8.88 | 15.27 | top 0.46% | 40 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 46.85 | 50.17 | top 1.0% | 35 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 1.34 | 3.12 | top 1.5% | 174 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 1:28.32 | 1:37.93 | top 1.6% | 28 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 2:16.57 | 2:27.52 | top 1.9% | 31 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 | 7.53 | 9.49 | top 2.0% | 726 / 28,153 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Feb 2025Six personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 26 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.07 at Shenzhen Youth Open 2023.
- 1 May 2021Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2021.
- 8 Jun 2019First competition: Guilin Open 2019. A 10.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026
- Hefei August Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liuzhou Open 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Canton Countdown 2025 · 31 Dec 2025
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- SuNxNter Speedcubing 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuchong Liu (刘雨翀) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.47 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.