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Lin Zhu (朱琳)

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021ZHUL02

Lin Zhu (朱琳) has been competing for 5 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Guangdong Open 2021, puts her in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,563rd in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2021, she has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Lin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.69
signature single · Guangdong Open 2021
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6911.14
top 6.6%2,563 / 28,153
2×23.904.30
top 25.2%4,238 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed25.2429.79
top 34.8%3,311 / 5,922
Pyraminx8.879.95
top 43.7%4,667 / 10,224

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

Guangdong Open 2021: 9.69Wuhan Open 2021: 9.919.699.911 May 20215 Jun 2021

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as she improves.