People · China
Jianbo Lin (林剑波)
3×3 · top 9.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017LINJ07
Jianbo Lin (林剑波) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.79, set at Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,933rd in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2017, he has put 110 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.28 in October 2017 to 10.79, a 29% improvement. Jianbo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.79 | 12.81 | top 9.9% | 3,933 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.46 | 6.86 | top 32.5% | 5,637 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.89 | — | top 45.9% | 4,329 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.96 | 18.42 | top 77.7% | 7,747 / 10,269 |
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
- 24 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at GDSY Open 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017First competition: China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017. A 15.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024 · 3 Mar 2024
- Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 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.
- Archimedes Dines — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Peri Le Dain — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Edward Rust — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.