People · China
Tianli Li (李田立)
3×3 · top 3.9% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,498th 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.56 | 10.89 | top 3.9% | 1,498 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 37.45 | 41.37 | top 9.3% | 995 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.63 | top 13.3% | 2,098 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.46 | 1:28.38 | top 21.2% | 1,038 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 11.84 | top 28.2% | 3,189 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.11 | 33.20 | top 34.6% | 3,341 / 5,994 | |
| 7×7 | 4:22.28 | 4:40.59 | top 38.5% | 746 / 1,274 | |
| 6×6 | 3:14.67 | 3:20.48 | early days — 3 solves | 936 / 1,363 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 787 / 1,071 | |
| Skewb | 13.65 | 17.28 | top 73.4% | 3,854 / 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 line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Autumn 2019.
- 18 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Hangzhou Open 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 8 Sep 2018Five personal bests in one day at Jiujiang Open 2018.
- 16 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2017.
- 19 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Hangzhou Autumn 2016.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018
- Jiujiang Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Xiangmo 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter Open 2014 · 29 Nov 2014
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.
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lukas Shelley — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.