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Peiyan Li (利沛焰)

3×3 one-handed · top 3.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013LIPE01

Peiyan Li (利沛焰) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.38, set at Jieyang Winter 2020, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 304th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since May 2013, he has put 482 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.63 in May 2013 to 8.84, a 40% improvement. Peiyan has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 3.5% of 73,695 all-time
12.38
signature single · Jieyang Winter 2020
482
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed12.3815.96
top 3.5%304 / 5,922
3×38.8410.39
top 4.5%1,713 / 28,153
2×22.044.00
top 5.0%698 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves28.00
top 5.1%51 / 1,058
4×443.5849.20
top 16.5%1,784 / 5,926
5×51:22.141:34.54
top 20.8%993 / 2,816
Pyraminx9.6911.25
top 50.6%5,314 / 10,224

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

Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Day 2013: 14.63Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 13.74Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 12.50Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 11.92Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 11.64China Championship 2015: 10.08Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 10.87Asian Championship 2016: 12.27Dongguan Open 2019: 10.67Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 10.78China Championship 2019: 10.06Jieyang Winter 2020: 9.13 Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020: 10.60Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021: 10.06Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021: 9.76Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 8.84Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021: 10.86Guangdong Open 2021: 9.24Guilin Open 2021: 9.218.8414.631 May 201316 May 2021

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.