People · Netherlands
Shao Cheng Lin
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017LINS08
Shao Cheng Lin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Breda Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 177th in the Netherlands. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2017, he has put 118 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.82 in December 2017 to 9.63, an 11% improvement. Shao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.63 | 12.39 | top 6.4% | 177 / 2,294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.37 | 19.49 | top 13.5% | 79 / 726 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 4.36 | top 17.9% | 402 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 45.14 | 50.52 | top 18.5% | 171 / 1,000 | |
| Skewb | 5.06 | 9.72 | top 18.6% | 190 / 957 |
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
- 8 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Breda Open 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Breda Open 2019.
- 16 Dec 2017First competition: Marathon Open 2017. A 12.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018
- Marathon Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Robin Verstraten — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Vincent Chan — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Olivier Vos — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.