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Hanlin Lin (林瀚林)

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017LINH03

Hanlin Lin (林瀚林) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at Guangdong Open 2021, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,810th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2017, he has put 285 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.30 in March 2017 to 8.95, a 48% improvement. Hanlin has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.95
signature single · Guangdong Open 2021
285
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.9511.55
top 4.7%1,810 / 28,153
2×22.664.42
top 10.5%1,606 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed19.5021.61
top 19.2%1,924 / 5,922
4×451.4456.37
top 26.5%2,800 / 5,926
Pyraminx7.0211.79
top 28.0%3,129 / 10,224

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

Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 17.30ZUA Open 2017: 16.55Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 13.89Beijing Open 2017: 12.26HDU Open 2017: 13.21Hangzhou Spring 2018: 12.38Kunshan Open 2018: 11.31Nanjing Spring 2018: 10.04Hefei Spring 2019: 11.59Yancheng Spring 2019: 10.63Wuhu Open 2019: 11.24Hangzhou Open 2019: 10.02Zhengzhou Open 2019: 8.97Beijing Summer 2019: 11.50China Championship 2019: 10.37Ordos Winter 2020: 10.11Guangdong Open 2021: 8.95Hangzhou Open 2024: 11.398.9517.3019 Mar 201715 Dec 2024

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 0.95 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.