People · China
Ling Qin (秦岭)
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012QINL01
Ling Qin (秦岭) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.72, set at China Championship 2015, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,610th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2012, he has put 557 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in November 2012 to 8.72, a 33% improvement. Ling has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.72 | 10.40 | top 4.2% | 1,610 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 32.08 | 36.54 | top 4.2% | 410 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.14 | 1:17.22 | top 7.9% | 374 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.52 | 1:14.93 | top 12.4% | 339 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.43 | 21.30 | top 13.7% | 1,359 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.76 | top 17.8% | 2,874 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.98 | 13.53 | top 27.7% | 3,090 / 10,224 | |
| 6×6 | 2:40.08 | 2:54.07 | top 30.8% | 653 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:15.51 | 4:22.41 | top 36.3% | 700 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 774 / 1,058 | |
| Skewb | 22.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,568 / 5,004 |
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
- 2 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 21 Dec 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Beijing Winter Open 2013.
- 21 Dec 2013Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter Open 2013.
- 17 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at TUT 2013.
Competitions
- Linyi Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter Open 2013 · 21 Dec 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- TUT 2013 · 17 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- BUAA Open 2013 · 12 May 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 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.
- Hongye Sun (孙虹烨) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Jingzheng Wang (王景正) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yanhong Chen (陈燕宏) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.