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Ao Li (李澳)

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018LIAO02

Ao Li (李澳) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,436th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2018, he has put 93 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.68 in March 2018 to 8.53, a 27% improvement. Ao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.53
signature single · Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019
93
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.5310.63
top 3.8%1,436 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed17.0622.31
top 12.7%1,255 / 5,922
Clock11.0214.07
top 30.2%711 / 1,843
2×25.277.72
top 42.6%7,352 / 15,796

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

Dongguan Open 2018: 11.68Guangdong Open 2018: 13.55Shenzhen Open 2018: 12.22Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 10.45Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.538.5313.554 Mar 201824 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.