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Yongquan Li (李涌泉)

3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LIYO01

Yongquan Li (李涌泉) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Guilin Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,461st in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2018, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.75 in June 2018 to 10.47, a 29% improvement. Yongquan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.47
signature single · Guilin Open 2019
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.4712.70
top 8.9%3,461 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed19.4923.80
top 19.1%1,921 / 5,922
2×23.685.12
top 22.4%3,693 / 15,796
4×453.2055.35
top 28.6%2,977 / 5,926
Pyraminx14.5418.25
top 80.1%7,923 / 10,224

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

Guilin Open 2018: 14.75Guilin Open 2019: 10.47Guilin Open 2021: 11.5410.4714.7510 Jun 201816 May 2021

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.