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Xiangjie Li (李祥杰)

Pyraminx · top 5.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LIXI04

Xiangjie Li (李祥杰) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.58, set at Zhenjiang Open 2017, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 690th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2016, he has put 485 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.92 in April 2016 to 10.32, a 45% improvement. Xiangjie has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.8% of 129,321 all-time
3.58
signature single · Zhenjiang Open 2017
485
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.585.39
top 5.8%690 / 10,224
Clock6.067.13
top 7.5%150 / 1,843
3×310.3212.84
top 8.4%3,301 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed15.7323.60
top 9.6%929 / 5,922
Skewb3.855.71
top 9.9%586 / 5,004
2×22.994.92
top 14.1%2,207 / 15,796
4×442.8851.85
top 15.6%1,691 / 5,926
Megaminx1:11.421:19.92
top 16.5%497 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded1:13.61—
early days — 3 solves244 / 1,183
5×5 blindfolded11:31.0015:08.00
early days — 3 solves34 / 95
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 13 cubes · 52:56—
early days — 1 solve76 / 278
6×62:42.622:53.05
top 32.2%688 / 1,349
7×74:09.624:27.88
top 34.2%663 / 1,261
5×51:40.461:52.58
top 35.7%1,607 / 2,816
4×4 blindfolded7:06.34—
early days — 2 solves70 / 149
Square-125.3330.18
top 39.8%679 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves41.00
top 48.3%560 / 1,058

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

Nanjing Spring 2016: 18.92Linyi Open 2016: 18.47Nanjing Spring 2017: 14.57Hangzhou Spring 2018: 14.00Kunshan Open 2018: 13.75Nanjing Spring 2018: 14.24Xuzhou Open 2018: 13.16Ningbo Open 2018: 13.62Wuxi Autumn 2018: 13.02Hangzhou Open 2018: 11.40Nanjing Autumn 2018: 11.73Xuzhou Winter 2018: 10.32Yancheng Open 2025: 10.72Weihai Open 2025: 11.8010.3218.9230 Apr 20169 Nov 2025

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.