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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.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.18
signature single · Zhengzhou Zest 2025
322
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx2.185.66
top 1.5%161 / 10,224
5×51:08.941:17.11
top 10.9%544 / 2,816
7×73:03.383:16.10
top 11.6%230 / 1,261
6×62:02.342:11.48
top 11.9%252 / 1,349
2×23.014.90
top 14.3%2,245 / 15,796
Skewb4.598.61
top 15.1%931 / 5,004
Megaminx1:10.791:16.58
top 16.1%476 / 1,678
4×443.3549.25
top 16.2%1,759 / 5,926
3×312.9814.95
top 17.3%6,804 / 28,153
Clock13.6815.68
top 42.5%1,005 / 1,843
Square-134.93
early days — 1 solve989 / 1,362
3×3 one-handed59.42
early days — 1 solve5,770 / 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

Dandong Yalu River Open 2024: 3.23Dalian Open 2024: 5.83Harbin Open 2024: 4.61Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 5.11Shenyang Spring 2025: 6.69Beijing Summer 2025: 3.15Xi'an Summer 2025: 5.75Shenyang Autumn 2025: 4.75Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 2.182.186.6929 Jun 202427 Dec 2025

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 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.