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Jiawen Li (李嘉文)

2×2 · top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021LIJI03

Jiawen Li (李嘉文) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at Guilin Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 770th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since January 2021, he has put 459 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.93 in January 2021 to 11.27, a 40% improvement. Jiawen has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.11
signature single · Guilin Open 2025
459
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.114.35
top 5.5%770 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.437.07
top 9.9%1,164 / 10,224
3×311.2713.92
top 11.3%4,449 / 28,153
Skewb4.536.64
top 14.7%902 / 5,004
Clock8.2710.36
top 16.5%356 / 1,843

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

Shenzhen Good Morning 2021: 18.93Jieyang Good Morning 2021: 20.57Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 20.76Shenzhen Open 2023: 12.81Kunshan Open 2024: 14.05Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 13.70Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 12.76Guilin Open 2024: 14.87Zhuhai Open 2025: 14.30Yunnan Open 2025: 13.33Jiangmen Open 2025: 13.30Guilin Open 2025: 12.63Hefei Open 2025: 13.60Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 11.28Nanchang Winter 2025: 13.06Hangzhou Winter 2025: 14.44Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 12.61Beijing Winter 2026: 11.76Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 13.98Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 12.71Foshan Open 2026: 14.35Nanchang Summer 2026: 11.98Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 12.97Maoming Open 2026: 13.71Zhanjiang Open 2026: 11.27Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026: 12.00Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 12.0611.2720.769 Jan 20212 Sep 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.