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Zhile Li (李知乐)

3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008LIZH01

Zhile Li (李知乐) has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.90, set at Asian Championship 2012, puts her in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,683rd in China. Across 21 competitions since October 2008, she has put 140 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.18 in October 2008 to 12.90, a 49% improvement. Zhile has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.90
signature single · Asian Championship 2012
140
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.9016.36
top 17.1%6,683 / 28,153
Square-126.5834.71
top 42.6%734 / 1,362
4×41:20.331:26.68
top 56.2%4,845 / 5,926
Clock43.11
early days — 1 solve1,799 / 1,843

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

Guangdong Open 2008: 25.18Guangdong Open 2009: 18.40Guangzhou Winter 2011: 19.00Guangzhou SCAU 2012: 20.16Guangdong Open 2012: 15.81Asian Championship 2012: 12.90Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Day 2013: 17.73Shantou Open 2013: 19.03Guangdong Open 2013: 19.18Shantou Open 2014: 17.83Shantou Open 2015: 17.40China Championship 2015: 17.06Shantou Open 2016: 17.66Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 16.05Asian Championship 2016: 13.69China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 16.96Dongguan Open 2018: 18.12Guangdong Open 2018: 17.65Shenzhen Open 2018: 18.50Shantou Open 2018: 15.7312.9025.181 Oct 200828 Oct 2018

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-25 Square-1 single — 9,896 people have one; it is 1.58 away.

Targets move as she improves.