People · Australia
Ray Li
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010LIRA01
Ray Li has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Adelaide Summer 2017, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 568th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since January 2010, he has put 413 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.00 in January 2010 to 9.54, a 59% improvement. Ray has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.54 | 12.97 | top 6.2% | 568 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.25 | 25.13 | top 23.9% | 539 / 2,659 | |
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 6.71 | top 26.5% | 2,056 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:47.86 | 3:16.92 | top 48.9% | 220 / 394 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.43 | 17.06 | top 56.3% | 3,293 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:56.56 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,439 / 3,051 |
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
- 21 Jan 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Adelaide Summer 2017.
- 21 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Canberra Autumn 2016.
- 18 Jan 2014First sub-20 3×3: 15.18 at Canberra Summer 2014.
- 18 Jan 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at Canberra Summer 2014.
- 18 Jan 2014Four personal bests in one day at Canberra Summer 2014.
- 30 Jan 2010First competition: Melbourne Summer Open 2010. A 23.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Going to The Gong 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Canberra Autumn 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
- Adelaide Summer 2018 · 13 Jan 2018
- Sydney Championship 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Canberra Spring 2017 · 4 Nov 2017
- Australian Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Winter 2017 · 17 Jun 2017
- Adelaide Summer 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Championship 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Canberra Spring 2016 · 24 Sep 2016
- Australian Nationals 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Canberra Autumn 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Autumn 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Summer 2016 · 23 Jan 2016
- Sydney Summer 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Winter 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle Winter 2015 · 28 Jun 2015
- Canberra Autumn 2015 · 9 May 2015
- Sydney Autumn 2015 · 2 May 2015
- Sydney Spring 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2014 · 16 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Canberra Summer 2014 · 18 Jan 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer Open 2010 · 30 Jan 2010
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.
- Jayden McNeill — met in 70 rounds, never finished ahead
- Edbert Sim — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Kirt Protacio — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.