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Jichao Li (李纪超)

2×2 · top 12.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011LIJI01

Jichao Li (李纪超) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.81, set at Beijing Spring 2011, puts him in the top 12.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,882nd in China. Across 6 competitions since February 2011, he has put 198 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Jichao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.81
signature single · Beijing Spring 2011
198
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.815.15
top 12.1%1,882 / 15,796
3×312.3114.65
top 15.0%5,884 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed21.5326.03
top 24.7%2,436 / 5,922
Pyraminx7.3811.04
top 31.0%3,406 / 10,224
4×456.061:08.55
top 32.0%3,225 / 5,926
Megaminx1:41.211:45.66
top 35.3%1,046 / 1,678
Clock21.5930.78
top 69.0%1,498 / 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

Beijing Spring 2011: 12.84Taiyuan 2011: 13.96Harvard Fall 2011: 13.81MIT Fall 2011: 12.31World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.9012.3113.9623 Apr 201126 Jul 2013

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 0.81 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.