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Li Gong (龚莉)

3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013GONG01

Li Gong (龚莉) has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.25, set at Jiajiang Open 2026, puts her in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,207th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since April 2013, she has put 646 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.25 in April 2013 to 10.25, a 52% improvement. Li has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time
10.25
signature single · Jiajiang Open 2026
646
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.2512.03
top 8.2%3,207 / 28,153
2×22.476.46
top 8.6%1,267 / 15,796
4×440.8051.64
top 13.0%1,415 / 5,926
Skewb4.325.32
top 13.1%799 / 5,004
Square-119.5125.50
top 26.8%451 / 1,362
Pyraminx7.9913.11
top 36.1%3,930 / 10,224
Clock14.4518.71
top 45.7%1,078 / 1,843
3×3 one-handed35.1137.18
top 57.4%4,747 / 5,922
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves49.33
top 62.5%737 / 1,058
Megaminx2:46.833:22.62
top 68.9%1,529 / 1,678
5×53:15.97—
top 82.9%2,709 / 2,816

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

Lanzhou Open 2013: 21.25Xining Winter Open 2014: 21.25LanZhou Winter 2014: 16.97Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 19.06Xi'an Winter Open 2014: 15.80Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 15.53Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 15.63Shenzhen Open 2015: 18.39China Championship 2015: 18.94Shenzhen New Year 2016: 15.02Huizhou Open 2016: 17.07Asian Championship 2016: 14.06Shenzhen New Year 2017: 16.75Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 17.05ZUA Open 2017: 16.21Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 15.02Lanzhou Spring 2017: 14.30Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 11.05Shantou Open 2017: 16.55Hong Kong Open 2017: 15.39Yunnan Open 2017: 13.56Shenzhen Open 2017: 11.72GDSY Open 2018: 13.02Guangdong Open 2018: 12.06Huizhou Open 2018: 12.62Shenzhen Open 2018: 12.23Chengdu Open 2019: 12.70Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 12.37Chengdu Winter 2019: 11.72Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021: 11.73Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 11.76Chengdu Summer 2024: 13.08Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 11.16Jiajiang Open 2026: 10.2510.2521.2530 Apr 201325 Jul 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as she improves.