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Ye Leo Li (厉业)

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2026 · 2026LIYE01

Ye Leo Li (厉业) has been competing for 7 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,523rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2026, he has put 94 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Ye has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.63
signature single · Hangzhou Open 2026
94
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.639.69
top 4.0%1,523 / 28,153
2×23.365.07
top 18.5%3,016 / 15,796
Pyraminx6.118.37
top 20.8%2,379 / 10,224

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

We Love Cubing Athens A 2026: 9.55Xianju NxN 2026: 8.64Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 9.90Hangzhou Open 2026: 8.638.639.9014 Feb 202623 May 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.