People · Canada
Zimo Li (李子镆)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LIZI09
Zimo Li (李子镆) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.42, set at Canada's Best in the West 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 225th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2017, he has put 249 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.20 in June 2017 to 7.42, a 75% improvement. Zimo has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.42 | 8.96 | top 1.9% | 225 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 3.52 | top 6.7% | 0 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 40.96 | 43.71 | top 13.3% | 0 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 7.79 | top 22.2% | 0 / 4,913 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.37 | 1:42.56 | top 31.9% | 0 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:12.93 | — | top 37.7% | 0 / 362 | |
| Skewb | 20.79 | — | early days — 1 solve | 0 / 2,928 |
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
- 5 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2024.
- 10 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Open de Montréal 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at National Capital Region A 2023.
- 5 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Welcome Back Lévis 2021.
- 5 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Lévis 2021.
- 29 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Beijing Summer 2018.
Competitions
- Head to UBC Morning 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Newcomers Morning 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Open de Montréal 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- National Capital Region A 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Lévis 2021 · 5 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Montreal Limited Winter 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- National Capital Region 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Elliott Kobelansky — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Maxence Leboeuf — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Léo Francoeur — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.