People · China
Jintao Jin (金锦涛)
Megaminx · top 5.5% of 34,786 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017JINJ02
Jintao Jin (金锦涛) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 51.02, set at Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 127th in China. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2017, he has put 197 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.72 in November 2017 to 10.11, a 21% improvement. Jintao has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 51.02 | 54.00 | top 5.5% | 127 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 10.11 | 12.13 | top 7.8% | 3,034 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 38.75 | 45.27 | top 10.6% | 1,128 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 59.25 | 2:14.67 | top 12.8% | 192 / 1,183 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.39 | 1:24.76 | top 13.3% | 655 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.20 | 24.42 | top 23.8% | 2,353 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.85 | 5.71 | top 37.4% | 6,448 / 15,796 | |
| Square-1 | 24.34 | 32.39 | top 37.6% | 633 / 1,362 | |
| Skewb | 8.54 | 9.18 | top 45.3% | 2,636 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 15.10 | 18.20 | top 48.3% | 1,140 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.27 | 3:41.44 | early days — 3 solves | 933 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:27.84 | 5:46.66 | early days — 3 solves | 999 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | 48.67 | early days — 3 solves | 807 / 1,058 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.78 | 15.18 | top 71.7% | 7,194 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 4 cubes · 23:48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 203 / 278 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 15:08.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 129 / 149 |
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
- 17 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2018.
- 25 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017First competition: HDU Open 2017. A 13.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Peking University Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018
- Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- More Than One Cube 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.