People · China
Xiaoyu Lin (林笑羽)
Pyraminx · top 8.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LINX01
Xiaoyu Lin (林笑羽) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.08, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 961st in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across five events. Xiaoyu has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.08 | 6.00 | top 8.1% | 961 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.81 | 13.95 | top 9.9% | 3,872 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.06 | 6.10 | top 40.1% | 6,923 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:35.50 | — | early days — 1 solve | 865 / 1,183 | |
| Skewb | 13.90 | 15.60 | top 74.4% | 3,861 / 5,004 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.81 at Weihai Open 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025First competition: Xuzhou Newcomers 2025. A 15.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Weihai Open 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Minghao Zhang (张铭昊) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zimo Sun (孙梓秣) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zihan Liu (刘梓涵) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.