People · China
Jingyuan Li (李敬源)
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025LIJI10
Jingyuan Li (李敬源) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.88, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,767th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, he has put 70 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.82 in September 2025 to 9.88, a 29% improvement. Jingyuan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.88 | 12.28 | top 7.1% | 2,767 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 5.28 | top 13.0% | 2,022 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.43 | 15.25 | top 63.5% | 6,455 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 12.80 | 15.98 | top 69.8% | 3,669 / 5,004 |
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
- 23 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Hangzhou Open 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Ningbo Autumn 2025. A 13.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
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.
- Wei Shi (石玮) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Han Wang (汪涵) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.