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Lin Qi (祁麟)

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016QILI01

Lin Qi (祁麟) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.97, set at Suzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,438th in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2016, he has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.60 in July 2016 to 11.97, an 18% improvement. Lin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.97
signature single · Suzhou Open 2017
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.9713.40
top 13.8%5,438 / 28,153
2×25.677.74
top 47.3%8,112 / 15,796

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

Suzhou Open 2016: 14.60Zhenjiang Open 2016: 13.86Wuxi Open 2017: 12.78Suzhou Open 2017: 11.97Suzhou Open 2018: 12.6811.9714.602 Jul 20165 Aug 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 2 Jul 2016First competition: Suzhou Open 2016. A 14.60 3×3 single to start from.

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.