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Dennis Li

3×3 · top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013LIDE01

Dennis Li has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.59, set at Indiana 2016, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,493rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2013, he has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.08 in July 2013 to 13.59, a 15% improvement. Dennis has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.59
signature single · Indiana 2016
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.5915.50
top 19.5%10,493 / 59,724
2×23.856.66
top 24.6%9,640 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed50.18
early days — 2 solves11,223 / 15,683
4×42:15.36
early days — 2 solves16,628 / 19,072

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 16.08Indiana 2016: 13.59Dayton Winter 2017: 13.7813.5916.0826 Jul 20137 Jan 2017

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 1.59 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.