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Lining Wang (王立宁)

Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010WANG16

Lining Wang (王立宁) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at TKK Open 2016, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 165th in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since April 2010, he has put 1,021 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.01 in April 2010 to 9.78, a 56% improvement. Lining has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.19
signature single · TKK Open 2016
1,021
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx2.193.12
top 1.5%165 / 10,224
Skewb3.265.88
top 6.4%362 / 5,004
3×39.7811.39
top 6.9%2,672 / 28,153
2×22.673.84
top 10.6%1,619 / 15,796
Megaminx1:06.111:21.23
top 13.4%381 / 1,678
4×444.1851.43
top 17.3%1,866 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed24.6129.70
top 33.2%3,188 / 5,922
Clock11.9014.40
top 34.4%820 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded2:23.38—
top 41.2%594 / 1,183
Square-127.6232.80
top 44.8%771 / 1,362
5×51:55.622:01.40
top 46.4%2,002 / 2,816

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

Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 22.01Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 17.51Nanjing Spring 2011: 14.84Shanghai Summer 2012: 12.69Nanjing Autumn 2012: 11.66Nanjing Winter 2012: 12.21Nanjing Normal University 2013: 11.47NUAA Open 2013: 13.96Hefei Open 2013: 12.63Nanjing Spring 2014: 11.07Nantong Open 2014: 10.93Nanjing Autumn 2014: 9.86Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 12.40Nanjing Spring 2015: 12.28Hefei Open 2015: 11.22Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 12.28Nanjing Autumn 2015: 10.52Wuhan University Open 2015: 11.03Zhenjiang Open 2015: 11.16Nanchang Winter 2015: 11.49Shanghai Spring 2016: 10.95Nanjing Spring 2016: 10.80TKK Open 2016: 12.23Zhenjiang Open 2016: 10.97Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 9.78Zhenjiang Open 2017: 12.02Qingdao Open 2018: 11.13Xuzhou Open 2018: 11.28Nanjing Autumn 2019: 10.989.7822.0125 Apr 20103 Nov 2019

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.