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Litao Hao (郝立涛)

Pyraminx · top 0.036% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018HAOL01

Litao Hao (郝立涛) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at Zhengzhou Zest 2025, puts him in the top 0.036% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in China. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,370 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.97 in April 2018 to 0.99, an 83% improvement. Litao has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.036% of 129,321 all-time
0.99
signature single · Zhengzhou Zest 2025
1,370
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx0.991.62
top 0.036%4 / 10,224
2×20.801.31
top 0.23%21 / 15,796
3×37.008.51
top 1.3%468 / 28,153
Skewb2.222.78
top 2.0%97 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed13.3316.49
top 4.9%450 / 5,922
Clock5.516.59
top 5.7%109 / 1,843
4×437.2240.84
top 8.9%934 / 5,926
Megaminx58.921:05.79
top 9.4%236 / 1,678

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

Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 5.97Beijing Open 2018: 3.22Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 3.52Linfen Open 2018: 3.84China Championship 2018: 3.44Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 2.05Beijing Winter 2018: 3.29Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 3.21Beijing Summer 2019: 2.30Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 2.36Tianjin Autumn 2019: 1.92Beijing Winter 2019: 1.78Beijing Summer 2025: 1.93Yancheng Open 2025: 2.05Tokyo Summer 2025: 1.60Cube Camp in Suan Phueng 2025: 1.07Vietnam Championship 2025: 1.79Zhengzhou Summer III 2025: 2.20Shenyang Autumn 2025: 1.71Guangzhou Special 2025: 1.48Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 0.99Beijing Winter 2026: 1.29Phitsanulok Chill Big & Sides 2026: 1.33Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 1.12Getafe Open 2026: 1.47Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026: 1.69Deqing Small & Special 2026: 1.63Pyraminx in Phitsanulok 2026: 1.17Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 1.010.995.9722 Apr 201822 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.