People · China
Fan Li (李凡)
2×2 · top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LIFA01
Fan Li (李凡) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Shenzhen Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 546th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2018, he has put 490 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.22 in April 2018 to 10.48, a 14% improvement. Fan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 4.42 | top 4.1% | 546 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 35.39 | 39.89 | top 7.1% | 707 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.48 | 12.53 | top 8.9% | 3,470 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.43 | 6.34 | top 9.9% | 1,164 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.87 | 1:15.95 | top 10.8% | 541 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 7.88 | 11.25 | top 14.7% | 316 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 4.74 | 7.03 | top 16.2% | 1,004 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 14.96 | 19.29 | top 16.4% | 252 / 1,362 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.11 | 1:18.29 | top 16.9% | 506 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.44 | 25.21 | top 19.0% | 1,905 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:24.31 | 2:28.82 | top 22.8% | 497 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:50.14 | 3:54.82 | top 27.2% | 543 / 1,261 |
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
- 18 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024.
- 26 Oct 2019Six personal bests in one day at Changsha Autumn 2019.
- 24 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018First competition: Changsha Xiangmo 2018. A 12.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Good Morning 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Changsha Spring Open 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Xiangmo 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.