People · China
Yi Li (李燚)
2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LIYI05
Yi Li (李燚) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 206th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2016, he has put 466 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.76 in October 2016 to 8.93, a 30% improvement. Yi 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.41 | 4.04 | top 1.8% | 206 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 57.98 | 1:06.39 | top 4.5% | 216 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 | 8.93 | 10.75 | top 4.7% | 1,795 / 28,153 | |
| 6×6 | 1:44.57 | 1:49.21 | top 5.3% | 115 / 1,349 | |
| 4×4 | 33.60 | 37.59 | top 5.5% | 544 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.61 | 4.15 | top 5.9% | 702 / 10,224 | |
| Square-1 | 10.12 | 14.84 | top 6.3% | 88 / 1,362 | |
| 7×7 | 2:46.98 | 2:57.95 | top 7.1% | 149 / 1,261 | |
| Megaminx | 54.61 | 1:10.58 | top 7.3% | 169 / 1,678 | |
| Skewb | 3.78 | 5.56 | top 9.4% | 548 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 9.09 | 9.99 | top 20.4% | 443 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.17 | 32.70 | top 37.3% | 3,487 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 41.00 | early days — 3 solves | 560 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:52.74 | — | top 50.4% | 706 / 1,183 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.93 at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 24 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2023.
- 26 Jul 2019Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 18 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Changchun Open 2018.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Xi'an 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Changchun Open 2018 · 18 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017 · 17 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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 54 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 7.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.