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Ze Li (李泽)

3×3 one-handed · top 5.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010LIZE01

Ze Li (李泽) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.50, set at Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 481st in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2010, he has put 279 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 21.00 in May 2012 to 13.50, a 36% improvement. Ze has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 5.2% of 73,695 all-time
13.50
signature single · Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015
279
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed13.5016.08
top 5.2%481 / 5,922
3×311.9413.33
top 13.7%5,396 / 28,153
4×452.1055.44
top 27.3%2,863 / 5,926
2×25.387.55
top 44.0%7,561 / 15,796
Pyraminx13.4520.18
top 75.3%7,496 / 10,224

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

Guangzhou SCUT 2012: 21.00Guangdong Open 2012: 17.56Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012: 16.52Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Day 2013: 16.92Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 15.51Shantou Open 2014: 16.63Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 18.29Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 13.50Huizhou Open 2015: 15.65China Championship 2015: 15.08Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 15.41Shantou Open 2016: 13.72Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 15.9413.5021.0020 May 201213 Aug 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.