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Kaiyi Li (李铠驿)

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014LIKA01

Kaiyi Li (李铠驿) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.60, set at Guangzhou SCUT 2017, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,499th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since October 2014, he has put 718 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.24 in October 2014 to 8.60, a 67% improvement. Kaiyi has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.60
signature single · Guangzhou SCUT 2017
718
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.6011.45
top 4.0%1,499 / 28,153
2×22.633.66
top 10.2%1,549 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed16.0419.09
top 10.3%1,007 / 5,922
4×438.7844.94
top 10.7%1,134 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.067.70
top 13.5%1,599 / 10,224
5×51:20.581:26.42
top 19.6%929 / 2,816
6×62:47.122:59.03
top 34.6%726 / 1,349
Skewb7.4610.36
top 37.2%2,235 / 5,004
Clock14.7615.89
top 47.0%1,107 / 1,843
7×74:53.214:54.03
top 48.7%864 / 1,261
Square-139.37—
early days — 2 solves1,078 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded4:06.94—
top 69.7%956 / 1,183

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

Guangdong Open 2014: 26.24Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 14.56China Championship 2015: 14.49GDSY Open 2017: 12.25Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 8.60Zhuhai Open 2017: 11.38Hong Kong Open 2017: 13.30China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 12.37Zhongshan Open 2017: 10.16Shenzhen Open 2017: 11.61GDSY Open 2018: 10.58Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 9.46Guangdong Open 2018: 9.10Guilin Open 2018: 10.63Meizhou Open 2018: 10.87Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 12.28Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 10.71Maoming Open 2018: 10.23Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 10.83Hong Kong Cube Day 2019: 10.98Jieyang Open 2019: 10.67Shenzhen Good Morning 2021: 12.62Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 10.55Beijing Summer 2025: 10.84Beijing Winter 2026: 10.90Beijing Spring Open 2026: 12.41Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 10.388.6026.241 Oct 20145 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.