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Linsong Qi (綦林松)

3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010QILI01

Linsong Qi (綦林松) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at Dalian Open 2013, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,768th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2010, he has put 303 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.59 in December 2010 to 10.72, a 31% improvement. Linsong has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.72
signature single · Dalian Open 2013
303
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.7213.50
top 9.6%3,768 / 28,153
2×22.864.45
top 12.7%1,983 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed20.5924.16
top 22.1%2,200 / 5,922
4×457.401:05.97
top 33.6%3,347 / 5,926
Pyraminx7.8011.67
top 34.5%3,784 / 10,224
5×52:00.432:18.12
top 49.5%2,079 / 2,816
7×75:57.786:56.53
early days — 3 solves1,076 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 2 solves837 / 1,058
6×65:03.11
early days — 1 solve1,291 / 1,349

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

Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010: 15.59Yingkou Open 2011: 14.78Beijing Summer Open 2011: 14.84ShenYang Open 2011: 14.37Yingkou Open 2013: 12.96Beijing Summer 2013: 11.27Dalian Open 2013: 10.72Shenyang Open 2013: 11.49Shenyang Open 2014: 13.0010.7215.5926 Dec 201014 Dec 2014

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 0.72 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.