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Zesheng Li (李泽生)

Skewb · top 2.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LIZE03

Zesheng Li (李泽生) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2016, he has put 497 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 4.46 in July 2016 to 2.48, a 44% improvement. Zesheng has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.48
signature single · Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017
497
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb2.483.96
top 2.8%149 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed14.4618.85
top 7.0%678 / 5,922
3×310.4811.80
top 8.9%3,470 / 28,153
2×22.854.29
top 12.6%1,967 / 15,796
4×442.2647.72
top 14.8%1,601 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.838.47
top 18.7%2,158 / 10,224
5×51:19.641:24.59
top 18.8%900 / 2,816
7×73:33.953:41.49
top 21.2%426 / 1,261
6×62:34.902:40.50
top 28.2%607 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves40.67
top 40.9%459 / 1,058
Clock14.3016.72
top 45.1%1,064 / 1,843
Megaminx2:46.78—
early days — 2 solves1,528 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded4:42.06—
early days — 1 solve1,040 / 1,183
Square-151.01—
early days — 1 solve1,220 / 1,362

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

Changchun Open 2016: 4.46Asian Championship 2016: 3.55Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 3.91Shanghai Spring 2017: 4.46Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 2.48Kunshan Open 2018: 3.89Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 4.29Beijing Winter 2019: 3.48Beijing Spring PM 2021: 2.61Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 2.71Hefei Winter Open 2023: 3.31Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 2.90Zibo Open 2024: 2.97Xi'an New Year 2025: 3.212.484.463 Jul 20164 Jan 2025

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.