People · China
Ziyuan Li (李梓元)
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 2.2% of 12,418 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017LIZI05
Ziyuan Li (李梓元) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 22 moves, set at More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in China. Across 16 competitions since May 2017, he has put 192 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.46 in May 2017 to 12.91, a 34% improvement. Ziyuan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 Fewest Moves | 22 moves | 26.67 | top 2.2% | 26 / 1,071 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 3.91 | top 13.7% | 2,170 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 12.91 | 16.36 | top 17.2% | 6,842 / 28,499 | |
| Square-1 | 17.59 | 23.85 | top 22.4% | 369 / 1,373 | |
| 4×4 | 58.72 | 1:00.78 | top 35.2% | 3,534 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.12 | 11.75 | top 37.2% | 4,090 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.64 | 34.13 | top 52.7% | 4,543 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 9.96 | 13.85 | top 54.8% | 3,065 / 5,030 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,436 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 4:42.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,271 / 1,363 |
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
- 6 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026.
- 27 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at No Shoes Kentucky 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2018.
- 17 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at Tangshan Open 2018.
- 17 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Tangshan Open 2018.
- 28 May 2017First competition: Tangshan Open 2017. A 19.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Shanghai 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2024 · 18 Aug 2024
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- No Shoes Kentucky 2019 · 27 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Branchburg Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2018 · 22 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 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.
- Chen Kang (亢晨) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.