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Kevin Li (李易然)
3×3 · top 0.99% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LIKE02
Kevin Li (李易然) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.65, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 635th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since December 2023, he has put 268 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.69 in December 2023 to 6.65, a 14% improvement. Kevin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.65 | 7.90 | top 0.99% | 635 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 31.22 | 35.24 | top 3.7% | 594 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 5.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 534 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.26 | top 7.4% | 2,983 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.73 | 1:08.73 | top 8.9% | 703 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:23.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 891 / 2,128 |
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
- 17 Dec 2023First competition: Shenyang Open 2023. A 7.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Warm Up 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- An Li (李安) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.