People · China
Tao Guo (郭涛)
3×3 one-handed · top 3.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025GUOT01
Tao Guo (郭涛) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.28, set at Xuzhou Zenith 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 297th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 75 official solves on the record across seven events. Tao 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 one-handed | 12.28 | 16.76 | top 3.4% | 297 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 33.53 | 38.54 | top 5.4% | 535 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.44 | 1:08.97 | top 6.3% | 301 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 | 9.69 | 10.71 | top 6.6% | 2,563 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 49.69 | — | early days — 3 solves | 151 / 1,183 | |
| 7×7 | 2:58.93 | 3:02.14 | top 10.3% | 208 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:04.98 | 2:15.46 | top 13.2% | 283 / 1,349 |
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
- 16 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Xuzhou Open 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025First competition: Deqing Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
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.
- Zhibo Xuan (禤志博) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.