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Patricia Li
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009LIPA01
Patricia Li has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.66, set at Berkeley Winter 2015, puts her in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,295th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since November 2009, she has put 984 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.06 in November 2009 to 8.66, a 28% improvement. Patricia has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.66 | 10.26 | top 4.1% | 2,295 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.02 | 19.80 | top 6.2% | 850 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 40.95 | 44.26 | top 13.2% | 1,966 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 5.33 | top 22.1% | 8,654 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.56 | 1:37.59 | top 27.8% | 2,183 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 969 / 2,040 |
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
- 26 Jul 2013Three personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
- 2 Oct 2010Three personal bests in one day at Harvard Fall 2010.
- 6 Aug 2010First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 6 Mar 2010Four personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2010.
- 14 Nov 2009First competition: MIT Fall 2009. A 14.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016 · 22 Oct 2016
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016
- Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SPCS Stanford Spring 2015 · 19 Apr 2015
- Berkeley Winter 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014
- BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014 · 2 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2013 · 2 Nov 2013
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2013 · 9 Mar 2013
- MIT Fall 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2012 · 6 Oct 2012
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Spring 2012 · 7 Apr 2012
- MIT Spring 2012 · 18 Feb 2012 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2011 · 17 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2011 · 7 Aug 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Stanford Spring 2011 · 22 May 2011
- Harvard Spring 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2011 · 5 Mar 2011
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2010 · 2 Oct 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2010 · 6 Mar 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 1 personal best set
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 her.
- Rowe Hessler — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead once
- Andy Tsao — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 16 times · head to head
- Tim Reynolds — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 94 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
Targets move as she improves.