People · China
Taoran Li (李陶然)
3×3 · top 4.6% of 289,612 all-time · competing since October 2026 · 2026LITA01
Taoran Li (李陶然) has been competing for 1 month. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Zibo Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 289,612 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,811th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since October 2026, he has put 30 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.87 | 11.15 | top 4.6% | 1,811 / 28,751 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.90 | 6.97 | top 7.2% | 886 / 10,347 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 3.52 | top 16.3% | 2,683 / 16,060 | |
| Skewb | 5.83 | 8.92 | top 24.5% | 1,553 / 5,062 |
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 story so far
- 24 Oct 2026First competition: Zibo Open 2026. A 8.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2026 · 24 Oct 2026
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.
- Litao Hao (郝立涛) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yanbo Liu (刘彦博) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Haochen Ma (马浩宸) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,151 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,813 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.
Your career, on a tee
His best official average, every solve of it, sorted the way the scorecard sorts them. Printed from the official results, no name on it. Tee, sweatshirt, hoodie or mug →