People · China
Longwang Li (李龙旺)
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LILO02
Longwang Li (李龙旺) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.36, set at Guangdong Open 2021, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 631st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2016, he has put 107 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.70 in August 2016 to 7.36, a 46% improvement. Longwang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.36 | 9.21 | top 1.8% | 631 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.74 | top 6.1% | 861 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.29 | 20.61 | top 15.9% | 1,566 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 May 2021Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2021.
- 6 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 6 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Xi'an Open 2016. A 13.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quangang Morning 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
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.
- Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhihai Liu (刘之海) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yue Shen (申粤) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.