People · China
Wenjie Li (李文杰)
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LIWE08
Wenjie Li (李文杰) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,567th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2017, he has put 83 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in June 2017 to 8.68, a 40% improvement. Wenjie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.68 | 11.80 | top 4.1% | 1,567 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 5.22 | top 12.1% | 1,882 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 9.63 | 12.45 | top 23.3% | 512 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.01 | 24.93 | top 26.1% | 2,566 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.28 | 8.89 | top 30.2% | 3,323 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.85 | 8.97 | top 32.5% | 1,988 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.68 at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026.
- 24 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2023.
- 11 Jun 2017First competition: Maoming Open 2017. A 14.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021 · 28 Feb 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020 · 15 Nov 2020
- Maoming Open 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Maoming Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017
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.
- Yiyun Chen (陈毅昀) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.