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Zhiquan Li (李志权)

3×3 · top 0.066% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019LIZH07

Zhiquan Li (李志权) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.69, set at Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 0.066% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in China. Until September 2017, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since June 2019, he has put 779 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.41 in December 2020 to 4.69, a 50% improvement. Zhiquan has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.066% of 284,439 all-time
4.69
signature single · Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024
779
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×34.697.86
top 0.066%42 / 28,153
Square-15.165.99
top 0.3%3 / 1,362
4×425.7829.06
top 0.93%84 / 5,926
Megaminx37.8145.28
top 1.1%26 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed10.5517.02
top 1.5%127 / 5,922
5×51:05.011:11.65
top 8.4%399 / 2,816
2×22.553.50
top 9.4%1,403 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.355.65
top 9.4%1,117 / 10,224

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

Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020: 9.41Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 7.31Guangdong Open 2021: 8.35Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 7.19Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 4.69Zhengzhou Open 2024: 6.57Beijing Winter 2025: 7.81Beijing Summer 2025: 7.28Zhuhai Open 2025: 6.63Xi'an Autumn 2025: 6.86Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 6.89Beijing Winter 2026: 6.82Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 7.56Xianju Special 2026: 6.65Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 6.89Foshan Open 2026: 6.44Quanzhou Summer 2026: 7.57Jiajiang Open 2026: 7.08Maoming Open 2026: 8.92Beihai Open 2026: 7.454.699.4113 Dec 202022 Aug 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.