People · China
Zhiyuan Li (李致远)
Pyraminx · top 0.78% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019LIZH08
Zhiyuan Li (李致远) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Evanston Qualifier 2026, puts him in the top 0.78% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 89th in China. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2019, he has put 114 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 3.98 in June 2019 to 1.77, a 56% improvement. Zhiyuan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.77 | 2.34 | top 0.78% | 89 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 12.29 | top 5.1% | 1,939 / 28,153 | |
| Square-1 | 10.43 | 13.87 | top 6.9% | 96 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.92 | 22.07 | top 17.6% | 1,738 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Norwich Summer 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Norwich Summer 2022.
- 16 Jun 2019First competition: Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019.
Competitions
- Evanston Qualifier 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019 · 16 Jun 2019
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.
- Daniel Partridge — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Billie Hammill — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Adam Swaine — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.