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Tianyu Li (李天宇)

3×3 · top 44.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LITI03

Tianyu Li (李天宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.60, set at Guilin Open 2018, puts him in the top 44.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,788th in China. Across 3 competitions since October 2017, he has put 18 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.38 in October 2017 to 21.60, a 15% improvement. Tianyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.4% of 284,439 all-time
21.60
signature single · Guilin Open 2018
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×321.6024.88
top 44.4%14,788 / 28,153

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

Guilin Open 2017: 25.38Guilin Open 2018: 21.60Guilin Open 2019: 22.0721.6025.3829 Oct 20178 Jun 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 29 Oct 2017First competition: Guilin Open 2017. A 29.95 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.