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Steven Li

2×2 · top 12.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018LIST01

Steven Li has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Minnesota Qualifier 2019, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,737th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2018, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.32 in January 2018 to 16.76, a 45% improvement. Steven has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.80
signature single · Minnesota Qualifier 2019
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.805.93
top 12.0%4,737 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.079.86
top 20.5%5,511 / 28,708
3×316.7618.60
top 30.3%16,640 / 59,724
Skewb11.8015.31
top 65.0%12,098 / 18,907

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

Skyline Open 2018: 30.32CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 17.89Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 16.76CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 19.3716.7630.3227 Jan 20181 Aug 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.