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Jinlong Li (李金龙)

2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013LIJI06

Jinlong Li (李金龙) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Sydney Autumn 2015, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2013, he has put 255 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.93 in August 2013 to 9.83, a 42% improvement. Jinlong has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.77
signature single · Sydney Autumn 2015
255
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.774.02
top 3.4%450 / 15,796
3×39.8313.60
top 7.0%2,717 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.3219.16
top 11.0%1,073 / 5,922
4×450.0454.89
top 24.8%2,633 / 5,926
5×52:06.072:19.60
top 53.1%2,181 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded3:05.10
early days — 1 solve745 / 1,183
Pyraminx14.1719.98
top 78.5%7,777 / 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

Chongqing Open 2013: 16.93Chengdu Open 2014: 14.44Chongqing Open 2014: 12.47Zunyi Open 2014: 13.13Sydney Autumn 2015: 12.06Sydney Winter 2015: 9.83Chongqing Open 2016: 11.07Chongqing Open 2018: 14.849.8316.9310 Aug 20138 Dec 2018

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 0.77 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.