People · China
Lin Lai (赖林)
Skewb · top 0.28% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LAIL01
Lin Lai (赖林) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.37, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in China. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2016, he has put 747 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.61 in May 2016 to 8.89, a 35% improvement. Lin has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.37 | 4.17 | top 0.28% | 21 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.93 | 3.30 | top 1.0% | 116 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.93 | 15.67 | top 4.3% | 381 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 8.89 | 10.04 | top 4.6% | 1,765 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 33.60 | 42.15 | top 5.5% | 544 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 3.13 | top 6.6% | 938 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.54 | 1:19.25 | top 17.7% | 535 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.78 | 1:41.03 | top 27.9% | 1,282 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:03.34 | 2:37.19 | top 34.5% | 490 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 42.00 | top 40.9% | 459 / 1,058 |
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
- 5 Aug 2018Five personal bests in one day at Longyan Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Adelaide Winter 2018.
- 12 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Fujian Championship 2018.
- 12 May 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Fujian Championship 2018.
- 15 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Autumn 2017.
- 14 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Open 2017.
Competitions
- Xiamen Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2018 · 16 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018
- Adelaide Winter 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Side Event 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2017 · 14 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Spring 2017 · 9 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2016 · 18 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- TKK Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Zeyu Gao (高泽宇) — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 29 times · head to head
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 75 times
- Jianyan Ou (欧鉴言) — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 52 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.