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Tiesheng Li (李铁生)

3×3 · top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009LITI01

Tiesheng Li (李铁生) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.15, set at Harbin Open 2014, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,453rd in China. Across 9 competitions since February 2009, he has put 120 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.43 in February 2009 to 17.15, a 20% improvement. Tiesheng has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time
17.15
signature single · Harbin Open 2014
120
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.1518.98
top 31.5%11,453 / 28,153
4×41:06.971:19.06
top 43.9%4,139 / 5,926
2×26.1810.11
top 52.7%8,966 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed35.5540.32
top 58.3%4,787 / 5,922
Pyraminx15.3018.73
top 82.9%8,176 / 10,224
5×54:26.47
early days — 2 solves2,789 / 2,816

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

Beijing Spring Open 2009: 21.43Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 28.52Duanwu Festival Open 2009: 21.22Beijing Summer Open 2009: 21.41Harbin Open 2009: 20.40Changchun Open 2010: 19.88Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 21.16ChangChun 2010: 19.55Harbin Open 2014: 17.1517.1528.5221 Feb 200925 May 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.15 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 6.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.