People · China
Zelan Li (李泽岚)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.69% of 74,621 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024LIZE02
Zelan Li (李泽岚) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Xi'an Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.69% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in China. Until November 2013, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2024, he has put 199 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.54 in May 2024 to 7.18, a 25% improvement. Zelan 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 one-handed | 9.38 | 14.28 | top 0.69% | 61 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 7.18 | 8.17 | top 1.6% | 572 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 30.50 | 33.51 | top 3.2% | 327 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 4.44 | 6.01 | top 3.2% | 58 / 1,887 | |
| 5×5 | 55.07 | 1:01.09 | top 3.4% | 161 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 58.07 | 1:16.24 | top 9.0% | 233 / 1,693 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 3.96 | top 12.6% | 2,004 / 15,939 | |
| Square-1 | 14.52 | 21.19 | top 15.4% | 239 / 1,373 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2026.
- 4 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026.
- 26 May 2024First competition: Guiyang Open 2024. A 9.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Embracing Summer 2026 · 5 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 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.
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Kaichen Huang (黄楷宸) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.