People · China
Zhihao Li (李志淏)
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018LIZH11
Zhihao Li (李志淏) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Baoji Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,391st in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2018, he has put 84 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.52 in July 2018 to 9.53, a 17% improvement. Zhihao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.53 | 11.97 | top 6.2% | 2,391 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 47.87 | 55.04 | top 22.0% | 2,364 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.39 | 26.90 | top 24.3% | 2,403 / 5,922 |
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
- 11 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Baoji Open 2019.
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Hefei Summer 2018. A 11.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shiqiang Sang (桑世强) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yongzhe Mao (毛勇喆) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.