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Li Yang (杨力)

2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YANG46

Li Yang (杨力) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Nanjing Autumn 2018, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,312th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, he has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.94 in April 2018 to 2.50, a 37% improvement. Li has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.50
signature single · Nanjing Autumn 2018
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.504.00
top 8.9%1,312 / 15,796
3×316.0619.18
top 28.0%10,383 / 28,153
Skewb6.317.27
top 28.2%1,741 / 5,004

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 Spring 2018: 3.94Nanjing Autumn 2018: 2.502.503.9430 Apr 201817 Nov 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.