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Shixian Li (李世先)

3×3 · top 22.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010LISH05

Shixian Li (李世先) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.53, set at Beijing Summer 2012, puts him in the top 22.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,722nd in China. Across 8 competitions since December 2010, he has put 230 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Shixian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.8% of 284,439 all-time
14.53
signature single · Beijing Summer 2012
230
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.5317.91
top 22.8%8,722 / 28,153
2×24.065.35
top 27.3%4,626 / 15,796
4×41:05.931:13.15
top 42.8%4,068 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed28.6832.74
top 43.6%3,927 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.2611.02
top 47.1%4,982 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves
early days — 1 solve691 / 1,058
5×52:27.332:34.52
top 64.5%2,467 / 2,816
Square-139.6048.60
top 64.9%1,080 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded4:52.14
early days — 1 solve1,060 / 1,183
Clock25.9328.78
top 78.4%1,626 / 1,843
6×65:16.025:33.79
top 84.4%1,302 / 1,349
7×77:32.957:58.84
top 84.9%1,202 / 1,261
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 9:56
early days — 1 solve255 / 278

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

Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 4.06Nanjing Spring 2011: 6.31Beijing Summer Open 2011: 5.83Suzhou Open 2011: 5.52Beijing Summer 2012: 4.21Nanjing Winter 2012: 4.93Nanjing Normal University 2013: 4.374.066.315 Dec 20106 Apr 2013

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.