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Allison Li

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014LIAL01

Allison Li has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2017, puts her in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,001st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since February 2014, she has put 602 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 24.58 in February 2014 to 8.40, a 66% improvement. Allison has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.40
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2017
602
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.4010.34
top 3.5%2,001 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.385.61
top 5.0%1,301 / 28,708
2×22.263.72
top 6.7%2,653 / 40,951
Megaminx58.451:03.38
top 9.2%636 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed17.7625.05
top 14.5%1,885 / 15,683
Skewb5.157.84
top 19.3%3,078 / 18,907
4×445.9050.83
top 19.4%2,952 / 19,072
5×51:35.801:40.51
top 32.1%2,546 / 9,401
Square-129.2935.69
top 48.1%3,133 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves43.33
early days — 3 solves1,031 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded5:51.93—
early days — 1 solve1,778 / 2,092

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

Princeton Winter 2014: 24.58US Nationals 2014: 15.72Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 11.97Doylestown Spring 2015: 12.83Norwich Summer 2015: 11.00Manhasset Fall 2015: 9.63Liberty Science 2015: 10.42Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 10.80Manhasset Spring 2016: 9.99Big Apple Spring 2016: 9.34Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 9.09US Nationals 2016: 8.61Clifton Winter 2017: 9.76New York City Winter 2017: 8.46Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 9.51Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 9.03Lexington Summer 2017: 8.78CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.40New York City Winter 2018: 8.82Rutgers Spring 2018: 8.46North Plainfield Open 2018: 10.22CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.658.4024.5815 Feb 20141 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Daniel Karnaukh — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Eva Kato — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Chris Chi — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 38 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as she improves.