People · China
Ding Li (李丁)
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LIDI03
Ding Li (李丁) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.21, set at Xuzhou Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,071st in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 231 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.70 in June 2018 to 9.21, a 21% improvement. Ding has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 10.26 | top 5.4% | 2,071 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.06 | 18.74 | top 10.4% | 1,014 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 40.70 | 44.06 | top 12.9% | 1,400 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 4.64 | top 16.3% | 2,609 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 4.98 | 8.95 | top 17.9% | 1,115 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 16.63 | 21.79 | top 20.1% | 323 / 1,362 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.52 | 9.95 | top 24.0% | 2,727 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 11.39 | 15.20 | top 32.1% | 757 / 1,843 |
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
- 24 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2019.
- 1 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Xuzhou Spring 2019.
- 1 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Spring 2019.
- 24 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2018.
- 17 Jun 2018First competition: Xuzhou Open 2018. A 11.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open PM 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xingyu Wu (伍星宇) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Xuechao Zhang (张学超) — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.