People · China
Zhaojie Li (李肇杰)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LIZH12
Zhaojie Li (李肇杰) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.00, set at Yancheng Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2019, he has put 141 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 12.78 in August 2019 to 10.00, a 22% improvement. Zhaojie 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 | 10.00 | 11.70 | top 1.1% | 87 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 9.52 | 10.37 | top 6.2% | 2,378 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 3.84 | top 18.7% | 3,056 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 52.06 | 59.42 | top 27.2% | 2,859 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.21 | 11.73 | top 54.7% | 5,691 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 11.22 | 17.48 | top 62.0% | 3,362 / 5,004 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Yancheng Open 2025.
- 2 Jan 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021.
- 18 Aug 2019First competition: Ningxia Open 2019. A 14.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Hangzhou Open PM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 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.
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.