People · China
Gen Li (李根)
2×2 · top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014LIGE01
Gen Li (李根) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 504th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2014, he has put 449 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.10 in May 2014 to 10.83, a 23% improvement. Gen 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 | 1.84 | 5.84 | top 3.8% | 504 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.83 | 12.28 | top 10.0% | 3,898 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.24 | 18.15 | top 10.8% | 1,054 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 39.99 | 48.02 | top 12.1% | 1,303 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.74 | 1:25.60 | top 15.9% | 773 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 3:35.54 | 3:44.72 | top 21.7% | 434 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:37.20 | 2:42.14 | top 29.3% | 626 / 1,349 |
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
- 2 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 10 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Wuhan Open 2015.
- 1 May 2015Five personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2015.
- 1 May 2014First competition: Hefei Spring 2014. A 14.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube of Odd Numbers 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2015 · 10 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer Open 2014 · 13 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Jiaxin Hou (候家欣) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.