People · China
Yihua Li (李易华)
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017LIYI09
Yihua Li (李易华) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at Chongqing New Year 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,275th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2017, he has put 265 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.86 in December 2017 to 8.34, a 47% improvement. Yihua has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.34 | 10.35 | top 3.4% | 1,275 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 36.42 | 41.43 | top 8.1% | 834 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.64 | 1:20.75 | top 13.5% | 662 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.00 | top 14.6% | 2,296 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.75 | 1:27.97 | top 17.9% | 539 / 1,678 | |
| Skewb | 5.01 | 6.82 | top 18.2% | 1,135 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.79 | 7.70 | top 18.4% | 2,122 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.03 | 22.74 | top 23.3% | 2,322 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:25.46 | 2:31.49 | top 23.3% | 510 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:10.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 536 / 1,183 | |
| 7×7 | 4:26.30 | 4:44.56 | top 39.9% | 750 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 12 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chongqing New Year 2025.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.99 at Chongqing Open 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2023.
- 1 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Guiyang Open 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at Chongqing Open 2018.
Competitions
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017
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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Le Rong (荣乐) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Zhenyu Sun (孙振宇) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.