People · China
Mingyao Lin
3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LINM02
Mingyao Lin has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.30, set at Puzzling Parramatta 2026, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,495th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 63 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.49 in August 2024 to 11.30, a 62% improvement. Mingyao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 11.30 | 12.83 | top 11.4% | 4,495 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 4.57 | top 14.3% | 2,245 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.58 | 16.67 | top 32.7% | 3,591 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 8.28 | 15.83 | top 43.4% | 2,551 / 5,004 |
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
- 23 May 2026First sub-20 3×3: 11.87 at Puzzling Parramatta 2026.
- 23 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 11.87 at Puzzling Parramatta 2026.
- 25 Aug 2024First competition: Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024. A 29.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026
- Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Parramatta 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
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.
- Kristian Trubajic — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Miles Irwin — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Archimedes Dines — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.