People · China
Xinyang Li (李昕洋)
3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LIXI12
Xinyang Li (李昕洋) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.79, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2018, he has put 294 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.80 in June 2018 to 5.79, an 81% improvement. Xinyang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 5.79 | 8.45 | top 0.36% | 144 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 2.39 | 3.62 | top 2.5% | 133 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 31.32 | 37.71 | top 3.7% | 363 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 2.89 | top 3.9% | 522 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.14 | 5.30 | top 8.4% | 1,005 / 10,224 | |
| Square-1 | 12.04 | 14.86 | top 10.0% | 153 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.09 | 19.46 | top 10.4% | 1,020 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.44 | 1:19.94 | top 13.0% | 359 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.67 | 1:17.71 | top 15.9% | 770 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 9.61 | 11.03 | top 23.1% | 510 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.86 | 2:34.90 | top 26.0% | 564 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 48.67 | early days — 3 solves | 691 / 1,058 | |
| 7×7 | 5:56.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,074 / 1,261 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 7 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.39 at Beijing Winter 2019.
- 7 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2019.
- 20 Oct 2019First sub-30 3×3: 12.25 at Tianjin Autumn 2019.
- 20 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 12.25 at Tianjin Autumn 2019.
Competitions
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Open 2018 · 24 Jun 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 his.
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.