People · China
Yu Li (李昱)
3×3 one-handed · top 2.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016LIYU01
Yu Li (李昱) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.25, set at Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in China. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2016, he has put 160 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.68 in March 2016 to 8.83, a 24% improvement. Yu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 one-handed | 11.25 | 15.40 | top 2.1% | 178 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 8.83 | 9.95 | top 4.5% | 1,708 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 5.09 | top 12.4% | 1,941 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 41.01 | 44.38 | top 13.3% | 1,440 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Jieyang Winter 2020.
- 30 Apr 2018Five personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 5 Mar 2016First competition: Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016. A 11.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021 · 28 Feb 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Jieyang Winter 2020 · 19 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 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.
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.