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Xinglin Liu (刘星林)

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012LIUX01

Xinglin Liu (刘星林) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.28, set at Yangzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,229th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since March 2012, he has put 510 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.36 in March 2012 to 8.28, a 55% improvement. Xinglin has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.28
signature single · Yangzhou Open 2017
510
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.2810.91
top 3.3%1,229 / 28,153
4×436.2643.35
top 7.9%823 / 5,926
2×23.045.43
top 14.7%2,320 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed18.8025.08
top 17.2%1,705 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.7117.02
top 50.7%5,331 / 10,224
5×52:09.412:19.64
top 55.1%2,234 / 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

Hefei Spring 2012: 18.36Hangzhou Open 2012: 14.22Asian Championship 2012: 15.22Wuhan Open 2012: 13.25Nanjing Winter 2012: 13.69Nanjing Normal University 2013: 11.46Weifang Open 2013: 12.43Hefei Open 2013: 11.31Nanchang Open 2013: 12.69Shandong Spring Open 2014: 13.98Hefei Summer Open 2014: 12.65Hefei Open 2016: 11.31Asian Championship 2016: 11.63Yangzhou Open 2017: 8.28Hefei Open 2017: 9.37Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 10.26You May Open 2018: 11.75Hefei Summer 2018: 10.36China Championship 2018: 10.00Hefei Summer 2019: 9.90China Championship 2019: 10.07Hefei Open 2025: 9.718.2818.3610 Mar 201225 Oct 2025

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 0.28 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.