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Hang Li (李航)

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013LIHA03

Hang Li (李航) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Zhengzhou Summer 2021, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since June 2013, he has put 1,240 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.06 in June 2013 to 7.61, a 31% improvement. Hang has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.34
signature single · Zhengzhou Summer 2021
1,240
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.343.61
top 1.5%174 / 15,796
3×37.619.44
top 2.1%775 / 28,153
4×431.8239.09
top 4.0%393 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed13.3618.17
top 5.0%455 / 5,922
Megaminx1:00.131:08.22
top 10.1%264 / 1,678
5×51:49.161:50.62
top 42.0%1,861 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded5:52.26—
early days — 1 solve1,117 / 1,183

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

Luoyang Open 2013: 11.06Beijing Summer 2013: 11.80Hebei University 2013: 11.38Beijing Winter Open 2013: 11.66Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014: 9.75Beijing Spring 2014: 11.37Beijing Autumn 2014: 9.79Shenyang Open 2014: 10.66Tianjin University Open 2015: 7.84Beijing Open 2015: 9.31Nanjing Spring 2016: 9.58Tangshan Open 2016: 10.07One Night in Beijing 2016: 9.43Asian Championship 2016: 10.64Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 8.01Tangshan Open 2017: 7.85Beijing Open 2017: 8.09China Championship 2017: 8.18Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 8.36Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 10.01Qingdao Open 2018: 9.32Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 8.36Beijing Open 2018: 8.99Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 7.61Beijing Summer 2018: 8.42Zhanjiang Open 2018: 9.38China Championship 2018: 9.10Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 7.74Anyang Open 2019: 8.86Dalian Spring 2019: 9.12Zhengzhou Open 2019: 8.23Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 8.96Linfen Open 2019: 8.60China Championship 2019: 9.03Zibo Open 2019: 8.13Beijing Winter 2019: 7.72Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 8.377.6111.8016 Jun 201323 May 2021

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.