People · China
Hongyi Li (李泓毅)
2×2 · top 3.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIHO01
Hongyi Li (李泓毅) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 399th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2016, he has put 370 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.58 in August 2016 to 13.67, a 12% improvement. Hongyi has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.70 | 4.77 | top 3.1% | 399 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 3.07 | 6.29 | top 5.4% | 297 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 13.67 | 15.17 | top 19.9% | 7,855 / 28,499 | |
| Square-1 | 17.34 | 20.73 | top 21.7% | 361 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.86 | 26.12 | top 28.5% | 2,819 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.23 | 8.72 | top 29.8% | 3,322 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 57.14 | 1:10.44 | top 33.4% | 3,376 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.49 | 1:50.24 | top 36.2% | 1,085 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.98 | 1:59.75 | top 40.6% | 1,842 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.04 | 4:15.53 | top 58.8% | 1,081 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 5:53.27 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,078 / 1,274 |
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
- 6 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Six personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 14 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at XPU Open 2017.
- 29 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at Chengdu Open 2017.
- 29 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Xi'an Open 2016. A 15.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Wenhao He (贺文浩) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 11 times · head to head
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.