People · China
Yuan Gao (高塬)
3×3 · top 7.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025GAOY02
Yuan Gao (高塬) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.96, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,934th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Yuan 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 | 9.96 | 13.42 | top 7.4% | 2,934 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 4.83 | top 16.0% | 2,591 / 15,939 |
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
- 4 Apr 2025First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025. A 9.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 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.
- Hanzhi Liu (刘寒知) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Enqi Bai (白恩企) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hongming Pan (潘鸿铭) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.