People · China
Mu Lan (兰牧)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019LANM01
Mu Lan (兰牧) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,776th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2019, he has put 88 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.29 in April 2019 to 8.91, a 60% improvement. Mu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.91 | 9.84 | top 4.7% | 1,776 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.20 | 18.52 | top 10.7% | 1,043 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 3.55 | top 14.7% | 2,320 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 9.94 | top 23.4% | 2,671 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.91 | 7.61 | top 33.0% | 2,017 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:53.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 707 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.20 | — | top 53.6% | 4,705 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 16.88 | 25.18 | top 55.1% | 1,274 / 1,843 | |
| 5×5 | 3:20.75 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,719 / 2,816 |
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 Aug 2026First sub-20 3×3: 8.91 at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 8.91 at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.91 at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 7 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First competition: Qinhuangdao Open 2019. A 22.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Litao Hao (郝立涛) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.