People · China
Wentai Li (李文泰)
5×5 · top 6.2% of 41,402 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LIWE01
Wentai Li (李文泰) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:01.07, set at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 41,402 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 305th in China. Until August 2011, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 112 official solves on the record across five events. Wentai has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 1:01.07 | 1:06.75 | top 6.2% | 305 / 2,857 | |
| 7×7 | 2:46.41 | 2:57.16 | top 6.9% | 146 / 1,274 | |
| 3×3 | 9.95 | 12.66 | top 7.3% | 2,921 / 28,499 | |
| 6×6 | 1:53.08 | 2:04.53 | top 8.4% | 191 / 1,363 | |
| 4×4 | 37.40 | 44.38 | top 9.2% | 988 / 5,999 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cupika Jakarta Summer 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Zenith 2026.
- 4 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 10 Mar 2024First competition: Luoyang Spring 2024. A 13.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cupika Jakarta Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2024 · 18 Aug 2024
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
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.
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiayi Song (宋稼毅) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chen Chen (陈晨) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,328 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 86 people have one; it is 46.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.