People · China
Hongbin Li (李宏彬)
2×2 · top 11.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025LIHO03
Hongbin Li (李宏彬) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 11.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,800th in China. Across 3 competitions since December 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.16 in December 2025 to 2.77, a 46% improvement. Hongbin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 2.77 | 5.26 | top 11.7% | 1,800 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 14.50 | 16.70 | top 22.7% | 8,692 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.33 | 10.83 | top 30.6% | 3,373 / 10,224 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025First competition: Zhengzhou Zest 2025. A 18.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
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.
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yihan Shen (申忆寒) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Weiran Liu (刘唯然) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.