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Jianneng Li

3×3 one-handed · top 7.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009LIJI02

Jianneng Li has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.83, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2009, he has put 371 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.13 in June 2009 to 10.36, a 32% improvement. Jianneng has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 7.8% of 73,695 all-time
14.83
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023
371
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×3 one-handed14.8321.64
top 7.8%166 / 2,620
3×310.3612.82
top 8.5%785 / 10,392
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves
early days — 3 solves63 / 283
2×24.067.59
top 27.3%1,850 / 7,173
3×3 blindfolded2:58.30
top 52.0%190 / 351
Pyraminx11.2124.92
top 62.0%3,036 / 4,858

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

Toronto Open Summer 2009: 15.13canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010: 10.36Cornell Spring 2011: 13.59Cornell Open Spring 2012: 12.47Cornell Open Spring 2013: 13.77Cornell Open Spring 2014: 13.02BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 12.11Berkeley Summer 2014: 12.11Berkeley Fall 2014: 11.34Berkeley Winter 2015: 10.97Berkeley Spring 2015: 10.46Berkeley Summer 2015: 11.55Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 10.82Berkeley Fall 2015: 10.36Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 12.66Berkeley Winter 2016: 12.45US Nationals 2016: 10.81Berkeley Fall 2016: 12.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022: 11.81Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 10.5810.3615.1327 Jun 20095 Nov 2023

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.83 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.