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Honglian Li (李宏炼)

3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010LIHO02

Honglian Li (李宏炼) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.93, set at Shantou Open 2010, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,385th in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2010, he has put 67 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Honglian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.93
signature single · Shantou Open 2010
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.9313.89
top 13.7%5,385 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed22.6528.18
top 27.8%2,724 / 5,922
4×41:00.801:03.89
top 37.3%3,663 / 5,926
2×25.8110.65
top 48.8%8,364 / 15,796

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

Shantou Open 2010: 11.93Guangdong Open 2012: 13.59Kaohsiung Open 2013: 13.7811.9313.788 Aug 201026 Oct 2013

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 2.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.