People · Canada
Reagan Li
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017LIRE01
Reagan Li has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.14, set at Canadian Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2017, he has put 765 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 16 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.51 in January 2017 to 7.14, a 74% improvement. Reagan has entered 24 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.14 | 8.53 | top 1.5% | 147 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 1.41 | 2.43 | top 1.8% | 111 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 2.42 | 4.98 | top 2.6% | 37 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 33.36 | 38.09 | top 5.3% | 122 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.82 | 5.37 | top 6.8% | 238 / 4,858 | |
| Square-1 | 10.80 | 16.89 | top 7.5% | 58 / 952 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.25 | 20.39 | top 8.6% | 192 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.19 | 1:16.67 | top 12.5% | 145 / 1,499 | |
| Clock | 10.14 | 12.42 | top 25.8% | 235 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 130 / 283 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.01 | 2:40.00 | top 41.5% | 445 / 1,375 | |
| 7×7 | 5:38.19 | 6:20.49 | early days — 3 solves | 268 / 503 | |
| 6×6 | 3:51.01 | 4:20.54 | top 62.6% | 353 / 665 |
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
- 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at South Surrey Side Events 2019.
- 23 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019.
- 21 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Longyan Open 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019.
- 4 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Open B 2021 · 12 Dec 2021
- Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- South Surrey Side Events 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Jieyang Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Island 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to 2019 · 31 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SnoCo Summer 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Skyline Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Whistler Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- Shawn Yang — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 77 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.