People · China
Yanjierui Li (李延杰睿)
4×4 · top 3.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017LIYA07
Yanjierui Li (李延杰睿) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.76, set at Shenzhen Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 336th in China. Until August 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2017, he has put 419 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.39 in August 2017 to 8.89, a 54% improvement. Yanjierui has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 30.76 | 37.28 | top 3.3% | 336 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.06 | 6.34 | top 3.8% | 460 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 48.27 | 51.51 | top 4.4% | 98 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 8.89 | 10.51 | top 4.6% | 1,765 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 58.76 | 1:12.66 | top 4.9% | 232 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 3.40 | top 7.0% | 988 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.24 | 2:22.87 | early days — 3 solves | 317 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:18.34 | 3:31.79 | early days — 3 solves | 326 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.34 | 23.88 | top 16.0% | 1,581 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 5.11 | 8.17 | top 19.0% | 1,183 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 9.66 | 10.04 | top 23.4% | 520 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.91 at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019Six personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 21 Jul 2018Six personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 4 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Dongguan Open 2018.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Wong Yuk Chi (黃昱誌) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.