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Bill Li

3×3 · top 20.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2007 · 2007LIBI01

Bill Li has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.77, set at canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010, puts him in the top 20.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,818th in China. Across 16 competitions since May 2007, he has put 340 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.08 in May 2007 to 13.77, a 68% improvement. Bill has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.77
signature single · canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010
340
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.7716.71
top 20.2%7,818 / 28,153
2×23.937.68
top 25.6%4,313 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded3:13.773:40.59
top 56.2%779 / 1,183
3×3 one-handed35.6940.93
top 58.5%4,997 / 5,922
Clock47.77
early days — 2 solves0 / 1,843
4×43:02.31
early days — 2 solves5,885 / 5,926
Pyraminx57.841:58.51
top 99.8%10,236 / 10,224

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

Canadian Open 2007: 43.08Toronto Open Fall 2007: 24.88Toronto Open Winter 2008: 18.97canadianCubing Classic 2008: 16.58Cincinnati Spring Open 2008: 18.28Niagara Open Summer 2008: 16.69Toronto Open Fall 2008: 15.59Toronto Open Winter 2009: 16.66Toronto Open Summer 2009: 16.52canadianCubing Classic 2009: 14.65Canadian Open 2009: 15.83Toronto Open Winter 2010: 14.91Toronto Open Spring 2010: 14.15canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010: 13.77Waterloo Open Fall 2012: 17.28Battle of Waterloo 2013: 14.4713.7743.0819 May 200729 Sep 2013

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.