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Zhichun Li (李志纯)

Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LIZH13

Zhichun Li (李志纯) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2017, he has put 779 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.46 in October 2017 to 7.52, a 44% improvement. Zhichun has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.22
signature single · Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019
779
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx2.224.31
top 1.5%178 / 10,224
3×37.528.09
top 2.0%717 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed11.3113.76
top 2.2%181 / 5,922
Megaminx43.5952.75
top 2.6%53 / 1,678
4×429.9633.67
top 2.8%272 / 5,926
2×21.672.43
top 2.9%359 / 15,796
Skewb2.634.40
top 3.4%181 / 5,004
5×556.621:01.86
top 4.0%186 / 2,816
Square-113.1019.37
top 12.1%177 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded1:08.172:52.14
top 15.6%225 / 1,183
7×73:29.623:36.73
top 19.6%400 / 1,261
6×62:19.202:35.78
top 20.1%447 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves39.33
early days — 3 solves289 / 1,058
Clock11.4313.75
top 32.2%767 / 1,843
4×4 blindfolded8:54.77—
early days — 1 solve94 / 149

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

China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 13.46Zhongshan Open 2017: 10.42Shenzhen Open 2017: 11.47Dongguan Open 2018: 10.12Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 9.37Guangdong Open 2018: 8.70Shenzhen Open 2018: 10.08Jieyang Open 2018: 8.68Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 8.58Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 7.95Shenzhen Open 2019: 8.05Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 8.12Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 8.00Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 7.52Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 7.587.5213.461 Oct 20176 Feb 2026

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.