People · China
Yang Li (李洋)
3×3 one-handed · top 7.5% of 74,621 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014YANG14
Yang Li (李洋) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.65, set at Harbin Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 736th in China. Until August 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2014, he has put 149 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.46 in May 2014 to 11.29, a 57% improvement. Yang 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 one-handed | 14.65 | 19.22 | top 7.5% | 736 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 11.29 | 13.46 | top 11.5% | 4,588 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.69 | 10.54 | top 25.4% | 2,893 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 4.01 | 5.54 | top 26.7% | 4,559 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.14 | 1:08.36 | top 38.9% | 3,840 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 9.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,787 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 705 / 1,071 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.34 | 2:25.61 | top 60.8% | 2,428 / 2,857 |
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
- 20 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at Heilongjiang Open 2015.
- 24 Oct 2015First sub-20 3×3: 12.87 at Beijing Open 2015.
- 24 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.87 at Beijing Open 2015.
- 25 May 2014First competition: Harbin Open 2014. A 26.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Harbin Open 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017 · 17 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Heilongjiang Open 2015 · 20 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2014 · 25 May 2014
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yanhong Chen (陈燕宏) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.65 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.