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Li Xie

3×3 · top 16.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018XIEL02

Li Xie has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.70, set at SnoCo NxN 2022, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,786th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since April 2018, he has put 85 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.41 in April 2018 to 12.70, a 55% improvement. Li has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.70
signature single · SnoCo NxN 2022
85
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.7015.41
top 16.4%8,786 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed21.9129.59
top 25.8%3,325 / 15,683
4×451.5757.58
top 26.6%4,101 / 19,072
5×51:31.801:33.47
top 28.8%2,258 / 9,401
6×62:46.583:08.61
top 34.3%1,237 / 4,196
7×74:28.734:41.21
top 40.6%1,153 / 3,184
Pyraminx10.2012.74
top 54.6%15,936 / 28,708

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

Puget Sound Spring 2018: 28.41SnoCo Summer 2018: 24.11Puget Sound Fall 2019: 15.49SnoCo NxN 2022: 12.70Central Washington Odds 2023: 13.9212.7028.4121 Apr 201811 Mar 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.