People · China
Lianhao Xu (徐廉浩)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014XULI02
Lianhao Xu (徐廉浩) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.40, set at Shenzhen Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 669th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since October 2014, he has put 450 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.22 in October 2014 to 7.40, a 54% improvement. Lianhao has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.40 | 8.99 | top 1.9% | 669 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 4.11 | top 5.6% | 802 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 37.16 | 41.99 | top 8.9% | 952 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.67 | 18.35 | top 9.6% | 941 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.33 | 10.66 | top 39.1% | 4,264 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.04 | 2:17.95 | top 54.4% | 2,259 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:25.90 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,007 / 1,184 |
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
- 22 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2018.
- 17 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017.
- 17 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017.
- 16 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2016.
- 13 Dec 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.07 at Yunnan Open 2015.
- 13 Dec 2015Four personal bests in one day at Yunnan Open 2015.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026 · 19 Aug 2026
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudanjiang Open 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018
- Shenyang Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
- Changchun Open 2018 · 18 Jun 2018
- Harbin Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2018 · 27 May 2018
- Qinhuangdao Open 2018 · 22 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017 · 17 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2015 · 13 Dec 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Zunyi Open 2014 · 5 Oct 2014
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Yuxuan Song (宋宇轩) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.