People · China
Liuming Lin (林刘明)
3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011LINL01
Liuming Lin (林刘明) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.69, set at Fuzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,729th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2011, he has put 233 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.86 in July 2011 to 10.69, a 40% improvement. Liuming has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.69 | 15.00 | top 9.5% | 3,729 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.47 | top 11.8% | 1,821 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 54.47 | 1:02.99 | top 30.1% | 3,073 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.33 | 1:59.36 | top 31.6% | 940 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.75 | 10.63 | top 34.1% | 3,747 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 8.18 | 11.46 | top 42.6% | 2,511 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.05 | 39.74 | top 49.0% | 4,264 / 5,922 |
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 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 20 Sep 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Xiamen Open 2013.
- 20 Sep 2013Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Open 2013.
- 16 Jul 2011First competition: Xiamen Open 2011. A 17.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2016 · 18 Dec 2016
- TKK Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2013 · 20 Sep 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2011 · 16 Jul 2011
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.
- Chengzhang Lin (林成璋) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Xuan Gong (龚轩) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.