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Yu Li (李瑜)

3×3 · top 32.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011LIYU02

Yu Li (李瑜) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.36, set at Xining Summer Open 2015, puts him in the top 32.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,662nd in China. Across 5 competitions since August 2011, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.44 in August 2011 to 17.36, a 19% improvement. Yu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.36
signature single · Xining Summer Open 2015
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.3622.20
top 32.1%11,662 / 28,153
2×26.0911.34
top 51.8%8,814 / 15,796
Pyraminx13.1317.33
top 73.6%7,348 / 10,224
Skewb24.3430.29
top 94.4%4,672 / 5,004
4×43:04.13
early days — 1 solve5,888 / 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

Xining Summer Open 2011: 21.44Qinghai Open 2012: 24.11Xining Winter Open 2014: 21.60Xining Summer Open 2015: 17.36Xining Summer Open 2016: 19.7417.3624.116 Aug 201131 Jul 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.36 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.