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Mingwang Lin (林明旺)

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008LINM03

Mingwang Lin (林明旺) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.84, set at Shanghai Open 2010, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,263rd in China. Across 5 competitions since August 2008, he has put 135 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.86 in August 2008 to 11.84, a 30% improvement. Mingwang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.84
signature single · Shanghai Open 2010
135
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.8418.32
top 13.3%5,263 / 28,153
2×23.025.58
top 14.5%2,269 / 15,796
4×41:06.691:16.85
top 43.7%4,114 / 5,926
5×52:07.152:10.09
top 53.7%2,206 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed43.3153.47
top 69.7%5,323 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded4:20.68
early days — 1 solve989 / 1,183

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

Shanghai Open 2008: 16.86Guangdong Open 2008: 13.36Nanjing Open 2008: 17.56Macau Rubik's Open 2009: 18.41Shanghai Open 2010: 11.8411.8418.4130 Aug 200814 Aug 2010

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 1.84 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.