People · China
Ruixian Li (李瑞先)
Square-1 · top 7.6% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LIRU06
Ruixian Li (李瑞先) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Beijing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in China. Until August 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2016, he has put 240 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His Square-1 best has come down from 47.32 in October 2016 to 10.84, a 77% improvement. Ruixian has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 10.84 | 13.92 | top 7.6% | 106 / 1,362 | |
| Skewb | 3.69 | 5.64 | top 8.9% | 512 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 11.85 | 13.88 | top 13.4% | 5,277 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 5.83 | top 14.8% | 2,346 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.12 | 1:15.09 | top 15.1% | 440 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.99 | 24.51 | top 17.8% | 1,765 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 44.80 | 53.06 | top 18.1% | 1,962 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.39 | 1:47.64 | top 33.4% | 1,511 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.16 | 11.61 | top 37.5% | 4,078 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 26.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,636 / 1,843 |
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, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2025.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Weihai Open 2019.
- 25 Mar 2018First sub-20 3×3: 11.85 at Qingdao Open 2018.
- 25 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 11.85 at Qingdao Open 2018.
- 25 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Qingdao Open 2018.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 25.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- An Li (李安) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.