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Zhi Li (李智)

3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019LIZH11

Zhi Li (李智) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.95, set at Heze Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,851st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2019, he has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. Zhi has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.95
signature single · Heze Open 2019
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.9511.11
top 7.3%2,851 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.9318.74
top 12.4%1,216 / 5,922
4×446.321:02.00
top 20.0%2,158 / 5,926
2×24.124.79
top 28.0%4,754 / 15,796

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

Heze Open 2019: 9.95Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021: 10.729.9510.7221 Jul 20199 Jan 2021

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.