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Xiwen Li (李玺闻)

3×3 · top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LIXI02

Xiwen Li (李玺闻) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.59, set at Shenyang Open 2018, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,594th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2016, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.83 in April 2016 to 13.59, a 38% improvement. Xiwen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.59
signature single · Shenyang Open 2018
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.5917.15
top 19.5%7,594 / 28,153
Pyraminx6.358.17
top 22.6%2,582 / 10,224
2×26.127.01
top 52.1%8,865 / 15,796
Skewb13.0315.10
top 70.8%3,717 / 5,004

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

Shenyang Open 2016: 21.83Shenyang Winter 2016: 17.12Shenyang Open 2018: 13.5913.5921.8323 Apr 201623 Jun 2018

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 1.59 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.