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Shilong Li (李世龙)

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014LISH02

Shilong Li (李世龙) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at Beijing Summer 2018, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,481st in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2014, he has put 254 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.06 in September 2014 to 9.62, a 44% improvement. Shilong has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.62
signature single · Beijing Summer 2018
254
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6212.89
top 6.4%2,481 / 28,153
4×439.5245.46
top 11.6%1,228 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.267.53
top 14.8%1,747 / 10,224
2×23.155.06
top 16.0%2,569 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed20.5525.60
top 22.0%2,192 / 5,922
Skewb6.789.04
top 31.9%1,950 / 5,004
5×51:43.451:53.87
top 37.9%1,712 / 2,816
7×74:54.635:13.94
early days — 3 solves871 / 1,261
6×63:38.683:45.79
top 58.2%1,060 / 1,349

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

Beijing Autumn 2014: 17.06BUAA Open 2014: 14.20Beijing Open 2015: 12.45One Night in Beijing 2016: 13.18Asian Championship 2016: 9.90Beijing Summer 2018: 9.62Beijing Winter 2019: 10.569.6217.0613 Sep 20147 Dec 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.