People · China
Yexing Li (李烨星)
3×3 · top 26.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015LIYE01
Yexing Li (李烨星) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.56, set at Huzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 26.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,046th in China. Across 12 competitions since November 2015, he has put 160 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.81 in November 2015 to 15.56, a 42% improvement. Yexing has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 15.56 | 17.36 | top 26.4% | 10,046 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.00 | 1:42.68 | top 26.5% | 1,255 / 2,857 | |
| 7×7 | 4:04.53 | 4:11.39 | top 32.5% | 643 / 1,274 | |
| 4×4 | 56.70 | 59.55 | top 32.8% | 3,330 / 5,999 | |
| 6×6 | 2:47.62 | 2:54.04 | top 34.9% | 737 / 1,363 | |
| Square-1 | 25.62 | 45.06 | top 40.5% | 695 / 1,373 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.65 | 15.15 | top 58.0% | 6,040 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 6.88 | 9.03 | top 59.5% | 10,130 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 10.98 | 22.78 | top 60.8% | 3,329 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | 56.00 | early days — 3 solves | 993 / 1,071 |
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
- 15 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hefei August Open 2026.
- 19 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Deqing Spring 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 24 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2023.
- 2 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at No 3x3x3 Waterloo 2018.
- 15 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.23 at Luoyang Spring 2018.
Competitions
- Hefei August Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021
- No 3x3x3 Waterloo 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhe Wang (王哲) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,328 people have one; it is 29.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.