People · China
Ailin Li (李艾霖)
4×4 · top 0.86% of 85,040 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LIAI01
Ailin Li (李艾霖) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 25.53, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts her in the top 0.86% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 84th in China. Until June 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, she has put 126 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 3 DNFs. Ailin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 25.53 | 28.90 | top 0.86% | 84 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 6.62 | 7.99 | top 0.97% | 366 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.40 | top 6.8% | 978 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 3.80 | 10.59 | top 9.6% | 566 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.88 | 18.01 | top 10.0% | 999 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.53 | 1:23.56 | top 14.3% | 714 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.10 | 9.85 | top 20.8% | 2,397 / 10,269 | |
| Clock | 11.63 | 14.70 | top 33.2% | 814 / 1,887 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 24 Aug 2024First competition: Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024. A 7.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 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 her.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as she improves.