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Chenwei Li (李琛炜)

Clock · top 3.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012LICH04

Chenwei Li (李琛炜) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.56, set at Hefei Spring 2019, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in China. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since August 2012, he has put 432 official solves on the record across four events. His Clock best has come down from 11.87 in May 2014 to 4.56, a 62% improvement. Chenwei has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 3.4% of 32,048 all-time
4.56
signature single · Hefei Spring 2019
432
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Clock4.566.26
top 3.4%58 / 1,843
2×23.846.23
top 24.4%4,102 / 15,796
Pyraminx16.7120.42
top 87.0%8,579 / 10,224
Square-12:16.41—
early days — 3 solves1,368 / 1,362

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

Hefei Spring 2014: 11.87Nanjing Autumn 2014: 7.56Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014: 6.66Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015: 7.64Nanjing Spring 2015: 6.90Hefei Open 2015: 5.99Xining Summer Open 2015: 6.49Shanghai Summer Open 2015: 6.56China Championship 2015: 6.76Nanjing Autumn 2015: 5.49Shanghai Spring 2016: 6.26Suzhou Open 2016: 6.42Hefei Open 2016: 6.20Asian Championship 2016: 6.74Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 6.33Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 6.53Anhui University Smart Open 2017: 6.03Shanghai Spring 2017: 6.34Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 5.19Nanchang Spring 2017: 5.71Nanjing Spring 2017: 5.63Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 6.27ZUST Open 2017: 5.54Beijing Open 2017: 6.10Changshu Open 2017: 6.25Wuxi Open 2017: 6.17Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 5.63Hefei Open 2017: 5.89HUST Special Cubes Open 2017: 5.43Nanjing Autumn 2017: 6.07HDU Open 2017: 5.46Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 5.76Shanghai Winter 2018: 5.27Hangzhou Spring 2018: 6.02Nanjing Spring 2018: 6.00Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 5.30SJTU Open 2018: 5.80Hefei Summer 2018: 5.25Ningbo Open 2018: 6.58Hangzhou Open 2018: 6.62Nanjing Autumn 2018: 6.03Hefei Spring 2019: 4.56Wuhan Open 2019: 5.71Hangzhou Open 2019: 6.71Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 5.81Hangzhou Open PM 2021: 6.05Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 5.33Hangzhou Open 2026: 5.754.5611.871 May 201423 May 2026

Best single per competition, Clock. 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-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.