People · China
Zhida Li (李知达)
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018LIZH01
Zhida Li (李知达) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Guangzhou Special 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 119th in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2018, he has put 201 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.62 in August 2018 to 1.96, a 65% improvement. Zhida 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.96 | 2.94 | top 1.1% | 119 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 1.76 | 3.68 | top 3.4% | 439 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 11.97 | top 9.6% | 3,768 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.75 | 19.84 | top 9.7% | 931 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 3.88 | 5.85 | top 10.1% | 601 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 18.40 | 19.52 | top 24.4% | 409 / 1,362 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Mar 2019Six personal bests in one day at GDSY Open 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.06 at Meizhou Open 2018.
- 4 Mar 2018First competition: Dongguan Open 2018. A 19.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021
- Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021 · 28 Feb 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Good Morning 2020 · 15 Nov 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Meizhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018
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.
- Zicong Weng (翁子聪) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Xujia Lei (雷旭嘉) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Junlin Li (李俊霖) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.