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Runlin Tian (田润霖)

3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016TIAN09

Runlin Tian (田润霖) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Qinhuangdao Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,095th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2016, he has put 154 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.87 in October 2016 to 9.23, a 45% improvement. Runlin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.23
signature single · Qinhuangdao Open 2019
154
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.2310.44
top 5.4%2,095 / 28,153
4×439.2441.86
top 11.2%1,196 / 5,926
2×23.955.26
top 25.9%4,353 / 15,796
Pyraminx7.6711.75
top 33.4%3,682 / 10,224
5×52:58.62
early days — 1 solve2,660 / 2,816

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

TKK Open 2016: 16.87Quanzhou Open 2016: 15.97Zhangzhou Spring 2017: 12.29Xiamen Open 2017: 13.75Beijing Open 2018: 9.95Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 10.39Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 9.239.2316.8716 Oct 20166 Apr 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.