People · China
Jiayang Li (李佳阳)
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024LIJI18
Jiayang Li (李佳阳) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.55, set at Beijing Only 3x3 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 737th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, he has put 149 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.44 in September 2024 to 7.55, a 28% improvement. Jiayang 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.55 | 9.06 | top 2.1% | 737 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.47 | top 7.5% | 1,077 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.98 | 6.29 | top 13.0% | 1,551 / 10,224 |
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
- 20 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Harbin Open 2025.
- 15 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 15 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 16 Sep 2024First competition: Dalian Open 2024. A 10.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024
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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Huisong Hu (胡惠淞) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.