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Yunong Li (李雨浓)

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014LIYU02

Yunong Li (李雨浓) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,005th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2014, he has put 554 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.80 in April 2014 to 2.12, a 44% improvement. Yunong has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.16
signature single · Asian Championship 2016
554
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.1611.79
top 5.2%2,005 / 28,153
2×22.123.04
top 5.6%787 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed14.4718.23
top 7.0%680 / 5,922
4×438.9447.57
top 10.9%1,155 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.327.79
top 15.2%1,788 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves
early days — 1 solve216 / 1,058
Megaminx1:19.461:37.82
top 21.4%647 / 1,678
Skewb5.748.07
top 23.8%1,470 / 5,004
5×51:28.421:32.20
top 26.0%1,207 / 2,816
Square-122.3127.19
top 33.1%561 / 1,362
6×63:17.903:25.80
early days — 3 solves943 / 1,349
3×3 blindfolded3:34.71
top 62.2%862 / 1,183
7×76:11.37
early days — 1 solve1,098 / 1,261

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

Beijing Spring 2014: 3.80Tianjin University Open 2014: 5.19Beijing Summer Open 2014: 4.98Guangdong Open 2014: 4.41BUAA Open 2014: 4.75Qinhuangdao Open 2015: 3.31China Championship 2015: 2.53Beijing Open 2015: 3.13Tangshan Open 2016: 2.23Asian Championship 2016: 2.12Zibo Open 2016: 2.26Beijing Open 2017: 2.58Beijing Winter 2018: 3.58Beijing Spring PM 2021: 3.552.125.1919 Apr 20144 Apr 2021

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.