People · China
Yihai Li (李艺海)
3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014LIYI03
Yihai Li (李艺海) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.23, set at Huanggang Open 2026, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,783rd in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2014, he has put 124 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.29 in May 2014 to 12.23, a 20% improvement. Yihai has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 12.23 | 14.66 | top 14.7% | 5,783 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 44.48 | 49.63 | top 17.6% | 1,911 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 5.00 | top 21.2% | 3,492 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.70 | 1:40.92 | top 31.2% | 1,414 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.47 | 15.66 | top 56.6% | 5,885 / 10,224 | |
| 6×6 | 4:03.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,157 / 1,349 |
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
- 20 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Taiyuan Winter Open 2016.
- 1 May 2014First competition: Hefei Spring 2014. A 16.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 1 personal best 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.
- Di Lu (卢迪) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.