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Xiaoyu Li (李笑语)

3×3 · top 43.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018LIXI13

Xiaoyu Li (李笑语) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.29, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019, puts her in the top 43.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,583rd in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2018, she has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 42.87 in July 2018 to 21.29, a 50% improvement. Xiaoyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.5% of 284,439 all-time
21.29
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×321.2924.20
top 43.5%14,583 / 28,153
2×25.487.73
top 45.1%7,749 / 15,796

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

Baoji Open 2018: 42.87Xi'an Open 2018: 25.11Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 21.2921.2942.8721 Jul 201813 Apr 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as she improves.