People · China
Linxuan Zeng (曾霖煊)
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016ZENG03
Linxuan Zeng (曾霖煊) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.14, set at Tangshan Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,983rd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2016, he has put 422 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in June 2016 to 9.14, a 29% improvement. Linxuan 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 | 9.14 | 11.31 | top 5.2% | 1,983 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 39.42 | 44.16 | top 11.4% | 1,215 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.57 | 19.46 | top 11.5% | 1,129 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.50 | 1:21.68 | top 17.9% | 861 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 4.06 | 5.02 | top 27.3% | 4,626 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 6.61 | 8.10 | top 30.5% | 1,875 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.82 | 11.63 | top 34.7% | 3,803 / 10,224 | |
| 6×6 | 2:49.50 | 2:59.59 | top 35.9% | 745 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:19.31 | 4:26.27 | top 37.4% | 721 / 1,261 |
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
- 19 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Tangshan Open 2019.
- 19 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Tangshan Open 2019.
- 18 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Jinan Open 2017.
- 9 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at Longyan Summer Open 2017.
- 2 Jul 2017Four personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Open 2017.
- 5 Jun 2016First competition: Fuzhou Open 2016. A 15.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xiamen Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ezhou Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2019 · 10 Nov 2019
- Tangshan Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Qingdao Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Side Event 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
- Longyan Summer Open 2017 · 9 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhi Li (李志) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.