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An Li (李安)

Square-1 · top 0.76% of 25,272 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018LIAN23

An Li (李安) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.95, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts him in the top 0.76% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in China. Until May 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since July 2018, he has put 884 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in July 2018 to 6.60, a 54% improvement. An has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.76% of 25,272 all-time
5.95
signature single · Start of Summer Beijing 2026
884
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Square-15.958.43
top 0.76%13 / 1,362
3×36.608.03
top 0.94%347 / 28,153
4×426.9634.92
top 1.4%133 / 5,926
5×553.071:00.03
top 2.7%113 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed12.2713.90
top 3.4%296 / 5,922
2×21.863.34
top 3.9%522 / 15,796
Megaminx49.0151.75
top 4.7%105 / 1,678
6×61:52.242:01.31
top 8.0%178 / 1,349
Pyraminx5.208.00
top 14.4%1,708 / 10,224
Skewb5.008.96
top 18.1%1,127 / 5,004
7×73:35.993:49.92
top 21.9%438 / 1,261
Clock11.1314.02
top 30.7%723 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 1 solve691 / 1,058

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

Baoji Open 2018: 14.37Xi'an Open 2018: 12.88Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 10.66Linfen Open 2019: 8.91Beijing Spring PM 2021: 9.21Shenyang Open 2023: 8.10Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 8.16Nanchang Spring 2024: 7.47Dandong Yalu River Open 2024: 7.35Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 7.69Harbin Open 2024: 7.16Zhengzhou Open 2024: 7.03Beijing Winter 2025: 7.19Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 7.38Beijing Summer 2025: 7.08Beijing University Cube League 2025: 6.60Xi'an Autumn 2025: 7.12Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 7.18Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 7.72Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 7.89Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 7.33Xi'an Open 2026: 7.026.6014.3721 Jul 201822 Aug 2026

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.