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Lin Tao (陶林)

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008TAOL01

Lin Tao (陶林) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at Hangzhou Open 2010, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,695th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2008, he has put 90 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.52 in November 2008 to 10.66, a 21% improvement. Lin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.66
signature single · Hangzhou Open 2010
90
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.6612.54
top 9.4%3,695 / 28,153
Square-117.3319.46
top 21.7%350 / 1,362
3×3 one-handed36.7145.14
top 60.3%4,893 / 5,922

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

Beijing Fall Open 2008: 13.52Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 11.41Beijing Summer Open 2009: 12.81Nanjing Open 2009: 11.56Hangzhou Open 2010: 10.6610.6613.522 Nov 200831 Jan 2010

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 2.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.