People · China
Zhaoyang Li (李朝阳)
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025LIZH12
Zhaoyang Li (李朝阳) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.32, set at Odd Day in Hong Kong 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 611th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 38 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.98 in November 2025 to 7.32, an 18% improvement. Zhaoyang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 7.32 | 8.75 | top 1.7% | 611 / 28,153 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025First competition: Hong Kong Championship 2025. A 9.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Odd Day in Hong Kong 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Andy Mok Man Cheuk (莫文卓) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chan Sai Chong (陳世聰) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.