People · China
Tianyu Li (李天瑜)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025LITI02
Tianyu Li (李天瑜) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 542nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2025, he has put 86 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.02 in August 2025 to 7.16, a 21% improvement. Tianyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.16 | 7.70 | top 1.5% | 542 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.58 | 3.16 | top 2.5% | 296 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:42.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 665 / 1,183 |
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
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2026.
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: Zhengzhou Summer III 2025. A 9.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
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.
- Luokun Chen (陈洛琨) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yang Li (李扬) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.