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Yuanzhi Li (李远之)

4×4 · top 10.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015LIYU05

Yuanzhi Li (李远之) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 38.59, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,104th in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2015, he has put 38 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.16 in November 2015 to 11.48, a 46% improvement. Yuanzhi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 10.4% of 83,917 all-time
38.59
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×438.5946.75
top 10.4%1,104 / 5,926
3×311.4813.56
top 12.1%4,763 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed32.13
early days — 2 solves4,416 / 5,922

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

Xi'an Open 2015: 21.16Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 13.81Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 11.4811.4821.1629 Nov 20156 Apr 2018

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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.59 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.