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Jiekai Li (李杰凯)

2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024LIJI21

Jiekai Li (李杰凯) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.20, set at Zhuhai Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2024, he has put 158 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.45 in December 2024 to 7.24, a 14% improvement. Jiekai has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.20
signature single · Zhuhai Open 2025
158
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.201.56
top 1.0%114 / 15,796
3×37.248.18
top 1.6%577 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed12.4614.51
top 3.6%315 / 5,922

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 Open 2024: 8.45Nanchang Spring 2025: 7.76Zhuhai Open 2025: 7.24Zhangzhou Open 2026: 7.67Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 7.98Zhanjiang Open 2026: 7.44Fuzhou Summer 2026: 7.807.248.457 Dec 202423 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.