People · China
Tao Li (李涛)
Pyraminx · top 9.4% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024LITA02
Tao Li (李涛) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.34, set at Guangzhou Special 2025, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,130th in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2024, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. Tao has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.34 | 7.53 | top 9.4% | 1,130 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 13.30 | top 9.7% | 3,854 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.43 | 4.91 | top 32.1% | 5,566 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 9.66 | 12.09 | top 52.9% | 2,977 / 5,030 |
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 story so far
- 28 Jul 2024First competition: Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024. A 10.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024
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.
- Yifeng Xie (谢艺枫) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jingbin Li (李晶斌) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Wenqiang Yan (严文强) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.