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Tianli Li (李田立)

3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014LITI01

Tianli Li (李田立) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Hangzhou Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,460th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2014, he has put 477 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.73 in November 2014 to 8.56, a 54% improvement. Tianli has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.56
signature single · Hangzhou Autumn 2019
477
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.5610.89
top 3.9%1,460 / 28,153
4×437.4541.37
top 9.2%969 / 5,926
2×22.914.63
top 13.2%2,056 / 15,796
5×51:22.461:28.38
top 21.1%1,012 / 2,816
Pyraminx7.0411.84
top 28.2%3,148 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed25.1133.20
top 34.5%3,286 / 5,922
7×74:22.284:40.59
top 38.4%736 / 1,261
6×63:14.673:20.48
early days — 3 solves927 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 2 solves774 / 1,058
Skewb13.6517.28
top 73.4%3,830 / 5,004

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

Hangzhou Winter Open 2014: 18.73Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 14.02Shanghai Spring 2017: 12.48ZUST Open 2017: 12.43Suzhou Open 2017: 10.11Nanjing Autumn 2017: 11.18HDU Open 2017: 11.30Hangzhou Spring 2018: 10.70Changsha Xiangmo 2018: 12.10Nanjing Spring 2018: 10.73Jiujiang Open 2018: 11.71Ningbo Open 2018: 10.85Hangzhou Open 2018: 10.83Nanchang Open 2019: 11.07Hangzhou Open 2019: 9.60Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 8.56Hangzhou Spring 2024: 10.048.5618.7329 Nov 20142 Mar 2024

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 0.56 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.