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Xulang Li (黎旭朗)

3×3 · top 0.052% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017LIXU06

Xulang Li (黎旭朗) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.57, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 0.052% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in China. Until May 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since November 2017, he has put 2,126 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.30 in November 2017 to 4.57, a 56% improvement. Xulang has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.052% of 284,439 all-time
4.57
signature single · Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026
2,126
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×34.576.05
top 0.052%36 / 28,153
5×538.2046.10
top 0.071%4 / 2,816
4×421.2124.31
top 0.13%16 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed8.679.85
top 0.38%31 / 5,922
2×20.921.25
top 0.41%32 / 15,796
Pyraminx1.522.88
top 0.44%46 / 10,224
6×61:27.831:34.13
top 1.5%27 / 1,349
Skewb2.104.90
top 1.6%74 / 5,004
7×72:25.052:33.66
top 3.0%56 / 1,261
Megaminx48.2151.84
top 4.4%97 / 1,678
Square-111.8715.15
top 9.6%147 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.00
top 12.2%122 / 1,058
Clock8.7710.98
top 18.8%416 / 1,843

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

HDU Open 2017: 10.30Shanghai Winter 2018: 11.53Hangzhou Spring 2018: 11.90Nanjing Spring 2018: 10.70Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 10.62SJTU Open 2018: 9.07China Championship 2018: 9.19SJTU Winter Open 2018: 8.96Hefei Spring 2019: 7.23Kunshan Open 2019: 7.87Hangzhou Open 2019: 7.70Hefei Summer 2019: 7.90Warm Up Sydney 2019: 7.52WCA World Championship 2019: 6.79China Championship 2019: 7.31Shandong Open 2019: 7.08Shanghai Open 2019: 7.70Wuxi Winter 2019: 7.23Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 6.34Chengdu Summer 2024: 5.86Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 5.69Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 5.54Zhengzhou Open 2024: 5.51Hangzhou Open 2024: 6.25Linhai Newcomers 2025: 5.65Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 5.42Nanchang Spring 2025: 5.15Beijing Summer 2025: 5.77Lishui Open 2025: 5.98Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 5.88Taizhou Open 2025: 5.37Beijing University Cube League 2025: 5.69Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 5.65Xuzhou Open 2025: 6.28Hangzhou Winter 2025: 5.23Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 4.57Xianju NxN 2026: 5.55Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 5.19Nanchang Summer 2026: 5.37Wuhu Open 2026: 6.134.5711.9018 Nov 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-30 5×5 single — 1 people have one; it is 8.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.