People · China
Tao Jiang (江韬)
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019JIAN56
Tao Jiang (江韬) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.88, set at Hefei Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,767th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2019, he has put 81 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.11 in August 2019 to 9.88, a 35% improvement. 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 | 9.88 | 12.03 | top 7.1% | 2,767 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.86 | 5.48 | top 10.0% | 588 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 4.29 | top 25.9% | 4,353 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.14 | 7.84 | top 29.0% | 3,213 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.61 | 29.95 | top 45.8% | 4,067 / 5,922 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Hefei Open 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.87 at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019. A 16.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.