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Guan-Yi Li (李冠毅)

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020LIGU01

Guan-Yi Li (李冠毅) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 187th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2020, he has put 259 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.63 in December 2020 to 8.29, a 43% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.29
signature single · Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025
259
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×38.299.29
top 3.3%187 / 4,213
4×430.8834.16
top 3.4%91 / 1,078
5×51:01.621:06.94
top 6.4%100 / 639
2×22.384.09
top 7.8%214 / 1,669
Skewb3.916.33
top 10.3%125 / 699
Pyraminx5.108.77
top 13.8%215 / 1,016
6×62:10.392:22.74
top 15.5%96 / 292
7×73:21.773:32.11
early days — 3 solves82 / 252
Megaminx1:13.691:22.58
top 17.8%101 / 362
Square-121.9426.07
top 32.3%143 / 323
Clock12.2014.03
top 35.9%166 / 366
3×3 one-handed25.8629.69
top 36.5%462 / 802

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

Taiwan Championship 2020: 14.63CK Cubing Party 2022: 9.89New Taipei Open 2023: 9.42Maru Cube Day 2023: 9.89Taiwan Championship 2023: 9.37Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024: 8.45Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025: 8.298.2914.6318 Dec 202025 May 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.