People · China
Xiaoyu Li (李笑宇)
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LIXI03
Xiaoyu Li (李笑宇) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,480th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2023, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.38 in October 2023 to 8.58, a 17% improvement. Xiaoyu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.58 | 9.42 | top 3.9% | 1,480 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 5.17 | top 14.9% | 2,369 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.12 | 11.52 | top 37.2% | 4,048 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.62 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,476 / 5,926 |
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
- 25 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024.
- 19 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at Zibo Open 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023. A 10.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
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.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bofan Zhang (张博藩) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.