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Meng-Yi Li (李孟一)

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011LIME01

Meng-Yi Li (李孟一) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Maru Cube Day 2017, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since February 2011, he has put 1,597 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.36 in February 2011 to 8.48, a 41% improvement. He has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.48
signature single · Maru Cube Day 2017
1,597
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×38.489.93
top 3.7%212 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed12.7714.64
top 4.1%51 / 802
4×436.6842.52
top 8.3%206 / 1,078
5×51:07.721:17.87
top 10.0%157 / 639
Pyraminx4.536.22
top 10.4%159 / 1,016
2×22.843.97
top 12.4%341 / 1,669
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves34.00
top 14.8%28 / 204
Skewb5.348.21
top 20.8%207 / 699
Square-117.0122.74
top 21.0%99 / 323
Megaminx1:23.401:37.59
top 24.0%139 / 362
6×62:39.802:47.46
top 30.6%153 / 292
7×74:06.124:10.05
top 33.1%134 / 252
Clock16.3119.53
top 53.0%229 / 366
3×3 blindfolded3:50.36—
top 65.8%107 / 147

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

Taiwan Winter Open 2011: 14.36Taiwan Summer 2011: 17.86Taipei Open 2011: 14.13Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 11.71Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 11.10Maru Cube for Kids Day 2014: 11.61Mingdao Cube Carnival 2014: 11.13Taiwan Summer Open 2014: 10.01Hsinchu Winter Open 2014: 11.74Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015: 11.78Show Off Quickness 2015: 11.04Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 10.87Taiwan Cubing League - Taichung 2015: 10.44Taichung Cube Open 2016: 11.07Maru Cube Day 2016: 10.16Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 10.26Taiwan Championship 2016: 11.66Maru Cube Day 2017: 8.48Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 10.29Taiwan Championship 2017: 10.66Hsinchu Winter Open 2018: 10.91All is Well 2018: 9.57Maru X 2018: 8.94WCA Asian Championship 2018: 9.43Taipei Winter Open 2018: 9.83Taiwan Championship 2018: 10.25Taichung Cubing Open 2019: 10.58HCHS 10th Anniversary 2019: 9.90Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019: 9.72Maru Cube Day 2019: 8.88Dream One Cube Open 2019: 9.49Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019: 10.27Taiwan Championship 2020: 9.33Maru Cube Day 2021: 9.00Taiwan Open 2022: 9.26Thailand Championship 2025: 9.28Dream in Chiang Mai 2026: 9.468.4817.8612 Feb 20117 Mar 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.