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Xiangyu Li (李翔宇)

3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014LIXI03

Xiangyu Li (李翔宇) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.71, set at Chongqing Open 2016, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,589th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2014, he has put 102 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Xiangyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.71
signature single · Chongqing Open 2016
102
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.7111.23
top 6.7%2,589 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.5124.25
top 11.4%1,112 / 5,922
4×442.5847.86
top 15.2%1,645 / 5,926
5×51:30.871:39.82
top 28.0%1,283 / 2,816
2×24.355.53
top 31.0%5,311 / 15,796
Square-128.8639.91
top 47.3%806 / 1,362
Pyraminx12.4215.38
top 69.7%7,013 / 10,224

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

Huizhou Open 2014: 10.25Chongqing Open 2016: 9.71Guangdong Open 2021: 11.049.7111.0427 Jul 20141 May 2021

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.