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Bingliang Li (李炳良)

Square-1 · top 1.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008LIBI01

Bingliang Li (李炳良) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.96, set at Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in China. Until May 2014, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2008, he has put 499 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.27 in October 2008 to 9.16, a 31% improvement. Bingliang has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 1.7% of 25,272 all-time
6.96
signature single · Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014
499
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Square-16.9610.21
top 1.7%26 / 1,362
3×39.1611.06
top 5.2%2,005 / 28,153
Megaminx53.7857.59
top 6.8%160 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed20.1325.34
top 20.8%2,073 / 5,922
2×23.825.02
top 24.2%4,043 / 15,796
4×454.881:04.35
top 30.6%3,107 / 5,926
5×51:41.181:46.92
top 36.2%1,637 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded3:53.18
early days — 2 solves912 / 1,183

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

Guangdong Open 2008: 13.27Beijing Summer Open 2009: 12.05Guangdong Open 2010: 9.65Guangzhou Small Cubes 2010: 10.78One-to-eight Cubes Competition 2011: 11.43Shenzhen University 2011: 9.16Changsha Open 2011: 11.34Guangzhou SCAU 2012: 10.58Guiyang Open 2012: 10.66Guangdong Open 2012: 10.97Guangzhou SCAU Open 2013: 11.11Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 11.84Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 10.77Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014: 10.41Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 10.31Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 10.22China Championship 2015: 10.17Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 11.179.1613.271 Oct 200813 Aug 2016

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-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.