People · New Zealand
Alan Luyang Li
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025LIAL02
Alan Luyang Li has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at NZ North Island Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2025, he has put 75 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.08 in December 2025 to 9.36, a 16% improvement. Alan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 12.08 | top 5.7% | 131 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 5.00 | top 18.0% | 343 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.62 | 13.87 | top 33.0% | 445 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.40 | 32.51 | top 35.3% | 194 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.46 | 1:08.24 | top 36.9% | 232 / 722 | |
| Clock | 16.92 | 19.99 | top 55.2% | 189 / 303 | |
| Square-1 | 40.96 | 57.66 | top 66.6% | 182 / 251 |
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
- 27 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at NZ North Island Championship 2026.
- 27 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2026.
- 12 Dec 2025First competition: New Zealand Nationals 2025. A 11.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 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 his.
- Thomas Swarbrick — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Luke Steele — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.