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Zichen Li (李梓晨)

2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LIZI02

Zichen Li (李梓晨) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Xuzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 719th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2024, he has put 33 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.33 in March 2024 to 2.06, a 61% improvement. Zichen has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.06
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2024
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.066.08
top 5.2%719 / 15,796
3×313.5815.18
top 19.5%7,571 / 28,153
Pyraminx7.329.71
top 30.5%3,360 / 10,224
Skewb7.308.79
top 36.0%2,174 / 5,004

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

Luoyang Spring 2024: 5.33Xuzhou Open 2024: 2.062.065.3310 Mar 202430 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.