People · China
Zhiliang Li (李治良)
Pyraminx · top 3.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LIZH10
Zhiliang Li (李治良) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at Heze Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 447th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2017, he has put 113 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.55 in June 2017 to 3.00, a 46% improvement. Zhiliang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.00 | 5.80 | top 3.7% | 447 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 6.97 | top 17.4% | 2,844 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 5.74 | 11.13 | top 23.8% | 1,488 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 16.41 | 18.93 | top 29.2% | 10,966 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 59.78 | 1:06.10 | top 36.3% | 3,627 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.60 | 2:02.22 | top 42.0% | 1,199 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,485 / 5,994 |
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
- 21 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Heze Open 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2018.
- 24 Jun 2017First competition: Beijing Open 2017. A 18.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
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.
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yibo Zhang (张壹博) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.