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Tao Wen (温韬)

3×3 one-handed · top 0.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015WENT01

Tao Wen (温韬) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 7.98, set at Nanning Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in China. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since July 2015, he has put 1,015 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.82 in July 2015 to 5.76, a 64% improvement. Tao has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.2% of 73,695 all-time
7.98
signature single · Nanning Open 2026
1,015
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed7.988.92
top 0.2%15 / 5,922
3×35.766.93
top 0.36%140 / 28,153
2×21.913.05
top 4.2%555 / 15,796
4×446.2650.57
top 19.9%2,150 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.00
top 23.4%244 / 1,058
Pyraminx8.4213.93
top 39.9%4,293 / 10,224
Skewb12.6018.49
top 69.0%3,633 / 5,004

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

Qinzhou Open 2015: 15.82Guilin Open 2017: 8.90Yangjiang Open 2018: 8.24Changsha Xiangmo 2018: 8.24Nanning Open 2018: 8.99Yunnan Open 2018: 7.72GDSY Open 2019: 7.18Guiyang Open 2019: 6.96Guilin Open 2019: 7.30Yunnan Open 2019: 6.60Guilin Open 2021: 7.12Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 8.11Hefei Winter Open 2023: 6.59Shenzhen Open 2023: 6.13Hangzhou Spring 2024: 6.36Xuzhou Open 2024: 6.60Kunshan Open 2024: 5.76Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 6.75Guilin Open 2024: 6.97Yancheng Open 2024: 6.77Xi'an New Year 2025: 6.81Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 7.04Lishui Open 2025: 6.50Yancheng Open 2025: 6.14Taizhou Open 2025: 6.36Ningbo Autumn 2025: 6.73Guilin Open 2025: 6.20Hefei Open 2025: 6.74Hangzhou Winter 2025: 6.61Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 7.44Xianju NxN 2026: 6.14Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 6.54Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 6.95Deqing Small & Special 2026: 6.18Nanchang Summer 2026: 6.29Shanghai Summer 2026: 6.09Nanning Open 2026: 6.165.7615.8229 Jul 201523 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.