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Xinyu Li (李欣宇)

3×3 · top 0.63% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LIXI03

Xinyu Li (李欣宇) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.22, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since April 2017, he has put 1,302 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.32 in April 2017 to 6.22, a 59% improvement. Xinyu has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.63% of 288,433 all-time
6.22
signature single · Chengdu Spring Open 2025
1,302
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.229.17
top 0.63%238 / 28,499
Skewb2.855.07
top 4.3%232 / 5,030
3×3 one-handed13.4415.52
top 5.2%490 / 5,994
2×22.213.44
top 6.3%913 / 15,939
4×435.7140.90
top 7.5%778 / 5,999
Pyraminx4.116.18
top 8.3%999 / 10,269
5×51:12.271:18.17
top 13.3%670 / 2,857
Megaminx1:10.731:15.98
top 16.1%485 / 1,693
Clock9.8713.49
top 24.3%569 / 1,887
6×62:29.252:38.17
top 25.4%556 / 1,363
7×73:56.474:07.59
top 29.3%584 / 1,274
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.33
top 33.6%375 / 1,071
Square-122.6229.06
top 33.9%583 / 1,373

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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 15.32Chengdu Open 2017: 14.20China Championship 2017: 13.35Yangzhou Open 2017: 12.85Hefei Open 2017: 13.00Chongqing Open 2017: 12.56Fushun Open 2018: 10.54Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 11.09Chengdu Open 2018: 11.76Linfen Open 2018: 11.48Hefei Summer 2018: 10.64China Championship 2018: 11.52Chengdu Winter Open 2018: 10.41Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 10.53Chengdu Open 2019: 10.73Linfen Open 2019: 9.18China Championship 2019: 11.32Yunnan Open 2019: 9.19Chengdu Winter 2019: 9.84Xi'an New Year 2020: 9.24Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021: 9.36Beijing Spring PM 2021: 9.44Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 8.06Chongqing Open 2023: 7.92Guiyang Open 2024: 8.38Chengdu Summer 2024: 8.62Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 6.22Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 8.14Jiajiang Open 2026: 8.156.2215.322 Apr 201725 Jul 2026

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 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.