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Lirui Bai (白礼瑞)

3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017BAIL10

Lirui Bai (白礼瑞) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.52, set at Chongqing Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,519th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2017, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.24 in December 2017 to 10.52, a 14% improvement. Lirui has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.52
signature single · Chongqing Open 2018
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.5213.49
top 9.0%3,519 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.6310.22
top 17.3%2,010 / 10,224
2×24.375.01
top 31.3%5,353 / 15,796
4×41:05.44
top 42.2%4,021 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed31.3737.79
top 49.8%4,319 / 5,922

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

Chongqing Open 2017: 12.24Chongqing Open 2018: 10.5210.5212.2430 Dec 20178 Dec 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.