People · China
Xinyan Li (李心妍)
Megaminx · top 3.6% of 35,351 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018LIXI04
Xinyan Li (李心妍) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 46.39, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021, puts her in the top 3.6% of the 35,351 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in China. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2018, she has put 34 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.46 in March 2018 to 12.17, a 30% improvement. Xinyan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 46.39 | 50.37 | top 3.6% | 79 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 | 12.17 | 14.86 | top 14.6% | 5,821 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 5.40 | 8.16 | top 21.3% | 1,334 / 5,030 |
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
- 4 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Shandong Open 2019.
- 25 Mar 2018First competition: Qingdao Open 2018. A 17.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
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.
- Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhihao Li (李志淏) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 6.39 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as she improves.