People · China
Zhiyao Li (李智尧)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LIZH03
Zhiyao Li (李智尧) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,209th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 81 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.66 in March 2025 to 8.22, a 56% improvement. Zhiyao 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.22 | 9.24 | top 3.2% | 1,209 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.13 | 3.50 | top 15.8% | 2,574 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,375 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 23 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Beijing Only 3x3 2025.
- 17 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Beijing Summer 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First competition: Luoyang Spring 2025. A 18.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
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.
- Youran Shao (邵宥然) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yutong Wang (王宇彤) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Junhao Zu (祖浚豪) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.