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Xiaoyuan Li (李肖源)

Pyraminx · top 22.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010LIXI04

Xiaoyuan Li (李肖源) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.27, set at Zhengzhou Open 2014, puts him in the top 22.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,516th in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2010, he has put 122 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.56 in May 2010 to 15.43, a 60% improvement. Xiaoyuan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 22.0% of 129,321 all-time
6.27
signature single · Zhengzhou Open 2014
122
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx6.278.00
top 22.0%2,516 / 10,224
3×315.4318.29
top 25.9%9,706 / 28,153
2×24.056.46
top 27.1%4,601 / 15,796
4×456.801:01.93
top 32.9%3,290 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed32.0137.54
top 51.2%4,401 / 5,922
5×52:06.622:19.66
top 53.4%2,192 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded3:39.02
early days — 3 solves873 / 1,183
Skewb13.0418.50
top 70.8%3,718 / 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

Henan Open 2010: 38.56Zhengzhou Open 2014: 17.43Beijing Summer Open 2014: 17.04Suzhou Open 2014: 15.75Nantong Open 2014: 15.4315.4338.562 May 201019 Jul 2014

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.