People · China
HongYou Li (李泓佑)
Pyraminx · top 5.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022LIHO01
HongYou Li (李泓佑) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.51, set at Spanish Championship 2023, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 673rd in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 141 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 9 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 14.16 in October 2022 to 3.51, a 75% improvement. HongYou has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.51 | 7.81 | top 5.5% | 673 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 4.91 | 5.95 | top 38.3% | 6,674 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 21.80 | 24.79 | top 45.0% | 15,212 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.83 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,787 / 5,999 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-30 3×3: 26.94 at URJC Open 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at URJC Open 2023.
- 7 Oct 2022First competition: Campeonato de España 2022. A 38.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire November 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Getafe Continúa 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- URJC Open 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Campeonato de España 2022 · 7 Oct 2022
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.
- Jesús Lindo García — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Mar Gallego Vicente — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Manuel Prieto de Antón — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.