People · Chinese Taipei
Bing-Ying Li (李秉穎)
2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016LIBI01
Bing-Ying Li (李秉穎) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 236th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2016, he has put 198 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.42 in July 2016 to 12.62, a 65% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 6.54 | top 8.6% | 236 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 12.62 | 15.09 | top 16.1% | 957 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 48.55 | 58.25 | top 22.8% | 457 / 1,078 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.22 | 14.55 | top 38.1% | 514 / 1,016 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.26 | — | top 52.5% | 479 / 639 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.73 | — | top 71.3% | 724 / 802 | |
| 7×7 | 6:33.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 219 / 252 | |
| 6×6 | 4:44.50 | — | early days — 1 solve | 266 / 292 | |
| Skewb | 18.33 | 25.28 | top 86.8% | 649 / 699 | |
| Square-1 | 1:14.62 | 2:34.74 | top 90.8% | 302 / 323 |
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
- 3 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 12 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019.
- 15 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Dream One Cube Open 2019.
- 15 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dream One Cube Open 2019.
- 6 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.40 at Maru Cube Day 2019.
- 6 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2019.
Competitions
- Dream in Chiang Mai 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dream One Cube Open 2019 · 15 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2016 · 9 Jul 2016
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.