People · China
Xiaoran Li (李潇然)
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025LIXI04
Xiaoran Li (李潇然) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Nanchang Winter 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,762nd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 66 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.13 in April 2025 to 8.85, a 33% improvement. Xiaoran has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.85 | 10.33 | top 4.6% | 1,762 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 8.33 | top 11.2% | 1,359 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 4.41 | top 20.6% | 3,435 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 5.49 | 10.92 | top 22.0% | 1,390 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,358 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 23.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,613 / 1,887 |
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
- 23 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at Nanchang Winter 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: Nanchang Spring 2025. A 13.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luochen Liu (刘洛辰) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yichen Jiang (姜一辰) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.