People · China
Litan Dai (戴里坦)
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023DAIL03
Litan Dai (戴里坦) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.78, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 874th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2023, he has put 103 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.82 in November 2023 to 7.78, a 54% improvement. Litan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 7.78 | 8.82 | top 2.4% | 874 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.81 | top 13.9% | 2,167 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.25 | 14.23 | top 62.3% | 6,364 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Beijing Summer 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.00 at Beijing Winter 2025.
- 25 Nov 2023First competition: Hefei Winter Open 2023. A 16.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
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.
- Junze Huang (黄俊泽) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Huisong Hu (胡惠淞) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Youran Shao (邵宥然) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.