People · China
Jintao Li (李进滔)
Pyraminx · top 2.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018LIJI07
Jintao Li (李进滔) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Dongguan Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 261st in China. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2018, he has put 515 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 4.90 in March 2018 to 2.50, a 49% improvement. Jintao has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.50 | 3.84 | top 2.2% | 261 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.41 | top 5.6% | 787 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.10 | 12.32 | top 7.8% | 3,018 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.53 | 5.70 | top 7.9% | 449 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 37.30 | 40.95 | top 9.0% | 947 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.21 | 23.94 | top 15.6% | 1,534 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.00 | 1:30.66 | top 23.7% | 722 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.29 | 1:44.60 | top 24.3% | 1,145 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 10.47 | 12.59 | top 27.4% | 637 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 41.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,120 / 1,362 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Zhanjiang Open 2018.
- 21 Jul 2018Six personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Six personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2018.
- 4 Mar 2018First competition: Dongguan Open 2018. A 12.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dongguan Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2018 · 26 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018
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.
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Taoran Chen (陈陶然) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Lincheng Cai (蔡林成) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.