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Yinqin Li (李尹钦)

2×2 · top 0.52% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011LIYI02

Yinqin Li (李尹钦) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.98, set at Zhangzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.52% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2011, he has put 718 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.40 in August 2011 to 6.19, a 50% improvement. Yinqin has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.52% of 186,767 all-time
0.98
signature single · Zhangzhou Open 2018
718
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×20.981.68
top 0.52%48 / 15,796
3×36.197.90
top 0.61%224 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed11.9016.48
top 2.8%248 / 5,922
4×438.5042.91
top 10.3%1,092 / 5,926

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

Hangzhou Open 2011: 12.40Shanghai Summer 2012: 11.09Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 7.02Xiamen Open 2013: 8.02Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 10.61Huizhou Open 2015: 8.09China Championship 2015: 7.46Nanchang Winter 2015: 8.31Nanjing Spring 2016: 7.89Hefei Open 2016: 7.48Jinhua Open 2016: 6.91Asian Championship 2016: 6.98Longyan Summer Open 2017: 7.15Xuzhou Open 2018: 6.89Zhangzhou Open 2018: 6.91Shenzhen Open 2018: 7.22Longyan Open 2018: 6.19China Championship 2018: 6.59Hangzhou Open 2018: 6.45Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 7.06Beijing Winter 2018: 7.19Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 7.17Beijing Summer 2019: 6.92China Championship 2019: 7.336.1912.4020 Aug 201126 Jul 2019

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.