People · China
Li Wang (王礼)
3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013WANG12
Li Wang (王礼) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.90, set at Beijing Summer 2018, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,796th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2013, he has put 540 official solves on the record across twelve 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 21.28 in April 2013 to 9.90, a 53% improvement. Li has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.90 | 12.63 | top 7.2% | 2,796 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 37.61 | 46.87 | top 9.4% | 985 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 3.89 | top 9.7% | 1,465 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.57 | 23.07 | top 16.6% | 1,643 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.96 | 1:32.04 | top 20.6% | 983 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.86 | 9.12 | top 26.7% | 2,989 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:53.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 431 / 1,183 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.67 | 1:54.93 | top 31.1% | 929 / 1,678 | |
| 6×6 | 2:52.76 | 2:57.79 | top 37.4% | 766 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 8.02 | 12.02 | top 41.4% | 2,446 / 5,004 | |
| 7×7 | 4:32.50 | 4:40.46 | top 41.9% | 780 / 1,261 | |
| Square-1 | 41.98 | 1:02.57 | top 67.8% | 1,124 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 29 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 12 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2016.
- 28 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at One Night in Beijing 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016Six personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016.
- 16 Nov 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at BUAA Open 2014.
Competitions
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Summer Open 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tangshan Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Tianjin Winter Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin University Open 2015 · 26 Apr 2015
- BUAA Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- TUT 2013 · 17 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- BUAA Open 2013 · 12 May 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Normal University 2013 · 6 Apr 2013
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.
- Yanhong Chen (陈燕宏) — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.