People · China
Zekai Li (李泽楷)
4×4 · top 0.55% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LISH05
Zekai Li (李泽楷) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 24.31, set at Zhangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in China. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2024, he has put 244 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 4×4 best has come down from 33.55 in August 2024 to 24.31, a 28% improvement. Zekai has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 24.31 | 33.16 | top 0.55% | 52 / 5,926 | |
| 7×7 | 2:16.02 | 2:17.99 | top 1.8% | 29 / 1,261 | |
| 5×5 | 50.42 | 55.61 | top 1.9% | 77 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 | 7.48 | 8.75 | top 1.9% | 694 / 28,153 | |
| 6×6 | 1:31.35 | 1:36.44 | top 2.1% | 37 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.82 | 14.18 | top 4.1% | 366 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.30 | 1:22.50 | top 19.5% | 589 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 4.31 | top 20.9% | 3,438 / 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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026.
- 8 Feb 2025Six personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Xi'an Open 2024. A 8.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Quanzhou Summer 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
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.
- Chen Chen (陈晨) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Qingze Li (李庆泽) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.31 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 16.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.