People · China
Zeyuan Li (李泽元)
Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024LIZE03
Zeyuan Li (李泽元) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at Zhengzhou Zest 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2024, he has put 322 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 3.23 in June 2024 to 2.18, a 33% improvement. Zeyuan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.18 | 5.66 | top 1.5% | 161 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.94 | 1:17.11 | top 10.9% | 544 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 3:03.38 | 3:16.10 | top 11.6% | 230 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.34 | 2:11.48 | top 11.9% | 252 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 4.90 | top 14.3% | 2,245 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 4.59 | 8.61 | top 15.1% | 931 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.79 | 1:16.58 | top 16.1% | 476 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 43.35 | 49.25 | top 16.2% | 1,759 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 12.98 | 14.95 | top 17.3% | 6,804 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 13.68 | 15.68 | top 42.5% | 1,005 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 34.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 989 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.42 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,770 / 5,922 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 29 Jun 2024First competition: Dandong Yalu River Open 2024. A 14.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 8.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.