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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.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.90
signature single · Beijing Summer 2018
540
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.9012.63
top 7.2%2,796 / 28,153
4×437.6146.87
top 9.4%985 / 5,926
2×22.583.89
top 9.7%1,465 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed18.5723.07
top 16.6%1,643 / 5,922
5×51:21.961:32.04
top 20.6%983 / 2,816
Pyraminx6.869.12
top 26.7%2,989 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded1:53.31
early days — 2 solves431 / 1,183
Megaminx1:34.671:54.93
top 31.1%929 / 1,678
6×62:52.762:57.79
top 37.4%766 / 1,349
Skewb8.0212.02
top 41.4%2,446 / 5,004
7×74:32.504:40.46
top 41.9%780 / 1,261
Square-141.981:02.57
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

Nanjing Normal University 2013: 21.28BUAA Open 2013: 20.43TUT 2013: 22.36Beijing Summer Open 2014: 15.86BUAA Open 2014: 14.17Tianjin University Open 2015: 14.66China Championship 2015: 15.17Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 14.24Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 11.82One Night in Beijing 2016: 13.59Asian Championship 2016: 12.34Tianjin Open 2016: 11.06Beijing Open 2017: 11.88Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 12.29Beijing Open 2018: 11.48Tangshan Open 2018: 11.98Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 11.57Beijing Summer 2018: 9.90Tianjin Open 2024: 11.349.9022.366 Apr 20131 Jun 2024

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 1.90 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.