People · China
Mingze Lin (林铭泽)
Skewb · top 0.14% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LINM03
Mingze Lin (林铭泽) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Fuzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in China. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2019, he has put 450 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 3.69 in April 2021 to 1.22, a 67% improvement. Mingze has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.22 | 2.29 | top 0.14% | 7 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 6.65 | 8.19 | top 0.98% | 363 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.41 | 3.86 | top 2.0% | 232 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 34.79 | 37.68 | top 6.5% | 653 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.10 | top 11.7% | 1,800 / 15,796 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Changsha Open 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-20 3×3: 14.16 at Shaoxing Morning 2021.
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.16 at Shaoxing Morning 2021.
- 9 Nov 2019First sub-30 3×3: 23.87 at Hangzhou Autumn 2019.
- 25 Aug 2019First competition: Quanzhou Open 2019. A 32.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Summer 2026 · 23 Aug 2026
- Fuzhou Special 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Summer 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Xianju Special 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open AM 2021 · 16 May 2021
- Kunshan Side Events 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open PM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Morning 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
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.
- Qifeng Wang (王祺丰) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Jiashun Wu (吴嘉顺) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.