People · China
Kailin Zhang (张锴琳)
3×3 · top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ZHAK06
Kailin Zhang (张锴琳) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.19, set at Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024, puts her in the top 11.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,343rd in China. Across 5 competitions since August 2019, she has put 78 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.65 in August 2019 to 11.19, a 51% improvement. Kailin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 11.19 | 12.40 | top 11.1% | 4,343 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 5.81 | top 16.7% | 2,684 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.50 | 25.82 | top 32.9% | 3,160 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.61 | 11.55 | top 41.5% | 4,456 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 9.88 | 11.20 | top 54.2% | 3,023 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 18.62 | 22.01 | top 60.6% | 1,375 / 1,843 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 12.88 at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.88 at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019. A 22.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
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 her.
- Zhuojia Zhou (周琢嘉) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zishuo Zhang (张子硕) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as she improves.