People · China
Zongze Li (李宗泽)
Square-1 · top 5.1% of 25,272 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024LIZO02
Zongze Li (李宗泽) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.39, set at Xi'an Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in China. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2024, he has put 119 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Square-1 best has come down from 23.64 in August 2024 to 9.39, a 60% improvement. Zongze has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 9.39 | 13.24 | top 5.1% | 60 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 12.92 | top 8.2% | 3,217 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.46 | 1:17.60 | top 8.7% | 416 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 37.18 | 38.65 | top 8.9% | 926 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 56.65 | 2:05.85 | top 12.0% | 180 / 1,183 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.66 | 8.77 | top 17.5% | 2,028 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 9.79 | 12.32 | top 24.0% | 541 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.38 | 26.79 | top 27.1% | 2,665 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.73 | 5.24 | top 35.9% | 6,190 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | 49.00 | top 62.5% | 737 / 1,058 | |
| Skewb | 19.10 | 22.50 | top 88.2% | 4,368 / 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
Best single per competition, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Jun 2024First competition: Please Be Quiet Xi'an 2024.
Competitions
- Xi'an Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- Please Be Quiet Xi'an 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Please Be Quiet Xi'an 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
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.
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chengyang Du (杜成洋) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.