People · China
Ben Li (李奔)
3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015LIBE01
Ben Li (李奔) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.19, set at Nanjing Spring 2016, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,321st in China. Across 7 competitions since May 2015, he has put 122 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.26 in May 2015 to 14.19, a 44% improvement. Ben has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.19 | 15.64 | top 21.6% | 8,321 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.05 | 5.63 | top 27.1% | 4,601 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.62 | — | top 40.3% | 3,890 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.53 | 14.02 | top 40.8% | 4,394 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.16 | — | top 51.5% | 4,422 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 15.76 | 31.67 | top 80.6% | 4,107 / 5,004 |
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
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.19 at Nanjing Spring 2016.
- 7 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Zhenjiang Open 2015.
- 24 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2015.
- 17 Jul 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.28 at Hefei Open 2015.
- 1 May 2015First competition: Nanjing Spring 2015. A 25.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2015 · 1 Nov 2015
- Nanjing Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015
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.
- Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lining Wang (王立宁) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.19 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.