People · China
Yuanli Hu (胡元力)
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024HUYU02
Yuanli Hu (胡元力) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.26, set at Nanchang Spring 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 589th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2024, he has put 119 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.63 in August 2024 to 7.26, a 16% improvement. Yuanli has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 7.26 | 9.14 | top 1.6% | 589 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.55 | 13.49 | top 2.4% | 208 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 3.74 | top 10.4% | 1,590 / 15,796 |
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
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Xi'an Open 2024. A 9.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Zhen Chen (陈震) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.