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Chilin Fang (方炽霖)

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016FANG12

Chilin Fang (方炽霖) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Jieyang Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,208th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2016, he has put 615 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.82 in August 2016 to 8.25, a 30% improvement. Chilin has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.25
signature single · Jieyang Open 2018
615
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.2510.55
top 3.2%1,208 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed13.7416.75
top 5.6%528 / 5,922
Square-110.1614.39
top 6.4%93 / 1,362
2×22.293.62
top 7.0%988 / 15,796
5×51:04.041:12.74
top 7.8%372 / 2,816
Pyraminx4.124.99
top 8.3%986 / 10,224
4×437.6840.33
top 9.4%994 / 5,926
Megaminx1:10.751:14.77
top 16.1%474 / 1,678
Skewb4.925.81
top 17.5%1,091 / 5,004
Clock9.0911.17
top 20.4%443 / 1,843
7×73:37.933:44.05
top 22.7%455 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.00
top 23.4%244 / 1,058
6×62:25.892:31.03
top 23.6%517 / 1,349
3×3 blindfolded2:13.973:08.98
top 37.9%552 / 1,183

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

Shantou Open 2016: 11.82Wuhan Open 2016: 11.74Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 11.42Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 11.82Shantou Open 2017: 10.56Hefei Open 2017: 12.84WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 9.49Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 11.45Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018: 10.66HUST Open 2018: 11.00Jieyang Open 2018: 8.25Wuhan University Open 2018: 9.87WIT Open 2018: 9.02Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019: 10.42Jieyang Open 2019: 9.16Guangdong Open 2021: 9.268.2512.847 Aug 20161 May 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.