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Xiangyu Li (黎祥宇)

3×3 blindfolded · top 19.6% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017LIXI23

Xiangyu Li (黎祥宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:19.93, set at Changsha Open 2023, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in China. Across 5 competitions since December 2017, he has put 52 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.97 in December 2017 to 13.91, a 34% improvement. Xiangyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 19.6% of 12,178 all-time
1:19.93
signature single · Changsha Open 2023
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded1:19.93
early days — 1 solve268 / 1,183
3×313.9116.82
top 20.6%7,973 / 28,153
2×24.465.87
top 32.4%5,556 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.0111.70
top 44.9%4,781 / 10,224
4×41:26.81
top 61.3%5,077 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed39.78
early days — 2 solves5,125 / 5,922
Skewb15.7417.16
top 80.6%4,106 / 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

Zhenjiang Open 2017: 20.97Nanning Open 2018: 17.77Wuxi Autumn 2018: 16.81Hangzhou Open 2018: 17.41Changsha Open 2023: 13.9113.9120.9710 Dec 201723 Dec 2023

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-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 19.93 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.