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Changlong Li (李昌隆)

3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017LICH08

Changlong Li (李昌隆) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 981st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2017, he has put 74 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.65 in November 2017 to 7.96, an 18% improvement. Changlong has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.96
signature single · Qianjiang Summer Open 2018
74
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.969.69
top 2.7%981 / 28,153
2×22.544.68
top 9.3%1,383 / 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

WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 9.65Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 10.53Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 7.96Wuhan Open 2019: 8.16Ezhou Open 2019: 8.867.9610.5325 Nov 201723 Nov 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.