People · China
Lijie Pan (潘理杰)
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017PANL01
Lijie Pan (潘理杰) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at Ningbo Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,582nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2017, he has put 263 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.15 in November 2017 to 8.69, a 49% improvement. Lijie has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.69 | 10.33 | top 4.2% | 1,582 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.67 | top 11.1% | 1,714 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 42.12 | 45.75 | top 14.7% | 1,584 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.26 | 21.37 | top 15.8% | 1,554 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.04 | 7.74 | top 20.3% | 2,315 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.15 | 1:34.59 | top 20.8% | 994 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 4:19.79 | 4:38.64 | top 37.6% | 726 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 3:45.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,086 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 892 / 1,058 | |
| Clock | 36.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,755 / 1,843 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ningbo Autumn 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 21 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Shaoxing Open 2019.
- 18 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2019.
- 17 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 11.05 at Hangzhou Spring 2018.
Competitions
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Lei Liu (刘磊) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.