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Donghong Lin (林东泓)

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015LIND05

Donghong Lin (林东泓) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Jieyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,599th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2015, he has put 317 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.12 in August 2015 to 8.71, a 34% improvement. Donghong has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.71
signature single · Jieyang Open 2019
317
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.7111.48
top 4.2%1,599 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed15.0720.81
top 8.2%797 / 5,922
4×446.5051.11
top 20.2%2,177 / 5,926
Megaminx1:28.271:31.31
top 27.1%824 / 1,678
Pyraminx7.4411.79
top 31.5%3,468 / 10,224
2×24.444.98
top 32.2%5,510 / 15,796
5×51:39.411:47.87
top 34.9%1,573 / 2,816
Skewb7.2011.23
top 35.2%2,144 / 5,004
3×3 blindfolded2:05.54
top 35.3%505 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves40.33
top 37.3%409 / 1,058
Square-126.9535.74
top 43.4%746 / 1,362
6×63:05.143:16.57
top 43.5%851 / 1,349
Clock17.0724.83
top 55.7%1,289 / 1,843
7×75:28.755:38.46
early days — 3 solves1,001 / 1,261
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 27:07
early days — 1 solve241 / 278

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 2015: 13.12China Championship 2015: 12.14Shantou Open 2016: 12.50ZUST Open 2017: 11.48Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 11.81Shantou Open 2017: 11.16China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 11.37Jieyang Open 2018: 11.87Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 10.83Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 12.55Jieyang Winter 2019: 10.58Jieyang Open 2019: 8.71Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.08Jieyang Winter 2020: 10.128.7113.122 Aug 201519 Jan 2020

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 0.71 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.