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Zitao Li (黎子滔)

3×3 · top 34.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LIZI13

Zitao Li (黎子滔) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.97, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021, puts him in the top 34.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,197th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2019, he has put 18 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.29 in August 2019 to 17.97, a 62% improvement. Zitao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.97
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.9726.43
top 34.0%12,197 / 28,153
Skewb13.0622.95
top 70.9%3,721 / 5,004
Clock33.85
early days — 1 solve1,742 / 1,843

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

Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 47.29Xi'an New Year 2020: 38.05Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021: 17.9717.9747.2924 Aug 201911 Apr 2021

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.97 away.
  • A sub-12 Skewb single — 48,404 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.