People · China
Yuan Gao (高原)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018GAOY07
Yuan Gao (高原) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Yancheng Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2018, he has put 361 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.25 in April 2018 to 7.77, a 41% improvement. Yuan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.59 | 12.21 | top 0.8% | 65 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 7.77 | 9.75 | top 2.4% | 868 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.69 | 2.63 | top 3.0% | 377 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 45.38 | 48.85 | top 3.2% | 69 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 39.27 | 42.81 | top 11.3% | 1,200 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.14 | 1:23.69 | top 16.2% | 789 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 18.41 | 31.15 | top 24.4% | 410 / 1,362 | |
| 7×7 | 3:43.43 | 3:52.01 | early days — 3 solves | 492 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:32.45 | 2:34.08 | top 26.8% | 584 / 1,349 | |
| Clock | 12.49 | 15.36 | top 37.4% | 892 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 13.95 | 17.90 | top 74.5% | 3,870 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Huanggang Open 2026.
- 28 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Luoyang Spring 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 20 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Luoyang Open 2019.
Competitions
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Summer IV 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Luoyang Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018
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 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Xinyu Wang (王欣宇) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.