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Shenlin Xu (徐圣林)

3×3 · top 20.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013XUSH01

Shenlin Xu (徐圣林) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.77, set at Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017, puts him in the top 20.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,818th in China. Across 6 competitions since April 2013, he has put 72 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.33 in April 2013 to 13.77, a 32% improvement. Shenlin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.77
signature single · Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017
72
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.7716.57
top 20.2%7,818 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed37.3449.39
top 61.4%4,947 / 5,922
2×28.0411.60
top 68.0%11,234 / 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

Weifang Open 2013: 20.33Zibo Open 2015: 16.20Qingdao Open 2016: 15.32Zibo Open 2016: 15.59Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 13.77Jinan Open 2017: 14.3913.7720.3314 Apr 201318 Nov 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 7.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.