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Qingxin Lin (林庆鑫)

2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013LINQ01

Qingxin Lin (林庆鑫) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 339th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since November 2013, he has put 685 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.23 in November 2013 to 8.92, a 33% improvement. Qingxin has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.64
signature single · Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017
685
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.643.26
top 2.8%339 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed12.9417.79
top 4.3%383 / 5,922
3×38.9210.30
top 4.7%1,787 / 28,153
4×435.7640.95
top 7.4%754 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.678.30
top 11.2%1,335 / 10,224
Skewb4.676.60
top 15.7%974 / 5,004
5×51:21.541:31.89
top 20.3%965 / 2,816
Megaminx1:59.812:15.96
top 45.5%1,240 / 1,678
6×63:30.47—
early days — 2 solves1,018 / 1,349
Clock18.5521.28
top 60.4%1,369 / 1,843
7×76:31.28—
early days — 1 solve1,131 / 1,261
Square-150.09—
early days — 2 solves1,211 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 2 solves892 / 1,058

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

Wenzhou Open 2013: 13.23Hefei Open 2016: 10.22Asian Championship 2016: 12.03Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 10.13Shanghai Spring 2017: 12.00Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 10.07Nanchang Spring 2017: 10.42Nanjing Spring 2017: 10.78Huaibei Open 2017: 9.95ZUST Open 2017: 10.35Zhangzhou Open 2018: 9.78Wenzhou Open 2018: 9.94Hangzhou Open 2019: 9.04China Championship 2019: 9.48Taizhou Open 2019: 9.74Shaoxing Open 2019: 9.01Shaoxing Afternoon 2021: 8.92Hangzhou Open PM 2021: 9.108.9213.233 Nov 201318 Apr 2021

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.