People · China
Zheming Li (李哲铭)
Square-1 · top 3.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LIZH12
Zheming Li (李哲铭) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Jieyang Winter 2019, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in China. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 182 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.00 in October 2017 to 10.35, a 20% improvement. Zheming has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.48 | 9.71 | top 3.7% | 47 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 12.11 | top 8.5% | 3,327 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 8.14 | 9.10 | top 15.9% | 342 / 1,843 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.32 | 8.15 | top 22.4% | 2,553 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.69 | 24.82 | top 22.4% | 2,239 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 49.76 | 54.64 | top 24.4% | 2,604 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.14 | 5.38 | top 28.3% | 4,802 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:34.98 | — | early days — 1 solve | 864 / 1,183 |
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
- 4 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Dongguan Open 2018.
- 3 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2017First competition: China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017. A 13.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Jieyang Winter 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Jieyang Open 2018 · 12 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- ZHBIT Open 2018 · 20 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 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.
- Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.