People · China
Jinze Li (李金泽)
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014LIJI04
Jinze Li (李金泽) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.65, set at Yunnan Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,535th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2014, he has put 119 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.40 in May 2014 to 8.65, a 17% improvement. Jinze 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 | 8.65 | 10.15 | top 4.1% | 1,535 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.75 | top 18.1% | 2,949 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 51.31 | 59.87 | top 26.3% | 2,783 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.64 | 25.57 | top 27.8% | 2,720 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.36 | 12.00 | top 39.3% | 4,245 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 May 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Chengdu Open 2016.
- 2 May 2014First competition: Chengdu Open 2014. A 10.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- Chengdu Open 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2014 · 2 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Haixin Yang (杨海鑫) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Weihan Zhang (张巍瀚) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Xin Shi (石欣) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.