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Jinlin Zhu (朱锦鳞)

3×3 · top 57.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ZHUJ03

Jinlin Zhu (朱锦鳞) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.41, set at China Championship 2018, puts him in the top 57.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,844th in China. Across 5 competitions since November 2016, he has put 52 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.42 in November 2016 to 27.41, a 32% improvement. Jinlin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 57.7% of 284,439 all-time
27.41
signature single · China Championship 2018
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×327.4131.86
top 57.7%17,844 / 28,153
2×26.779.93
top 58.5%9,867 / 15,796
Pyraminx14.8619.91
top 81.3%8,036 / 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

Tianjin Open 2016: 40.42Beijing Open 2018: 36.31Beijing Summer 2018: 32.88China Championship 2018: 27.41Beijing Winter 2018: 30.7127.4140.4212 Nov 201631 Dec 2018

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.41 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.