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Xin Li (李新)

3×3 · top 23.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009LIXI01

Xin Li (李新) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.75, set at Tangshan Open 2018, puts him in the top 23.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,955th in China. Across 5 competitions since February 2009, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.47 in February 2009 to 14.75, a 44% improvement. Xin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.75
signature single · Tangshan Open 2018
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.7516.41
top 23.6%8,955 / 28,153
4×459.401:11.71
top 35.8%3,537 / 5,926
2×25.187.23
top 41.6%7,183 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed39.65
early days — 2 solves5,114 / 5,922
Pyraminx13.2715.31
top 74.4%7,409 / 10,224

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

Beijing Spring Open 2009: 26.47Shijiazhuang Open 2009: 19.47Tangshan Open 2016: 19.71Tangshan Open 2018: 14.75Tangshan Open 2019: 15.3114.7526.4721 Feb 200919 May 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.75 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 9.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.