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Xinke Li (李新科)

3×3 one-handed · top 12.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LIXI10

Xinke Li (李新科) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 17.07, set at Beijing Open 2017, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,258th in China. Across 4 competitions since October 2016, he has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in October 2016 to 13.26, a 16% improvement. Xinke has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 12.7% of 73,695 all-time
17.07
signature single · Beijing Open 2017
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed17.0721.15
top 12.7%1,258 / 5,922
3×313.2614.50
top 18.3%7,165 / 28,153
4×450.9857.60
top 25.9%2,745 / 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

Asian Championship 2016: 15.72Tangshan Open 2017: 13.31Beijing Open 2017: 14.31Beijing Summer 2019: 13.2613.2615.721 Oct 20167 Jun 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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.07 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.