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Yanlong Li (李炎龙)

Pyraminx · top 12.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015LIYA01

Yanlong Li (李炎龙) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.94, set at Nanjing Spring 2015, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,530th in China. Across 6 competitions since May 2015, he has put 210 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 9.08 in May 2015 to 5.99, a 34% improvement. Yanlong has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 12.8% of 129,321 all-time
4.94
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2015
210
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx4.947.73
top 12.8%1,530 / 10,224
2×23.556.42
top 20.8%3,416 / 15,796
3×314.5316.11
top 22.8%8,722 / 28,153
Skewb5.998.76
top 25.6%1,585 / 5,004
4×452.7358.61
top 28.0%2,928 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed25.7627.74
top 36.2%3,410 / 5,922
5×52:16.93
early days — 2 solves2,342 / 2,816
6×63:59.894:20.54
early days — 3 solves1,142 / 1,349
7×76:35.91
early days — 1 solve1,142 / 1,261

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

Nanjing Spring 2015: 9.08Wuxi Open 2015: 7.52Nanjing Autumn 2015: 5.99Wuhan University Open 2015: 7.07Zhenjiang Open 2015: 6.03Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 7.785.999.081 May 20152 Apr 2016

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.