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Xiannong Lin (林闲农)
4×4 · top 3.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023LINX04
Xiannong Lin (林闲农) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.67, set at Hangzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 326th in China. Until August 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2023, he has put 86 official solves on the record across eight events. Xiannong has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 30.67 | 34.59 | top 3.2% | 326 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.33 | 5.35 | top 4.8% | 573 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 10.00 | top 5.4% | 2,071 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.68 | 1:08.47 | top 7.0% | 330 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 1:53.94 | 1:58.04 | top 8.6% | 188 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 2:56.35 | 3:09.34 | top 9.6% | 198 / 1,261 | |
| Skewb | 4.83 | 5.78 | top 16.9% | 1,040 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 4.23 | top 21.3% | 3,513 / 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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Nov 2023First competition: Hefei Winter Open 2023. A 9.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
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.
- Shangtong Fu (傅上桐) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Han Wang (汪涵) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Qihang Yang (杨齐航) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.