People · China
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.28 | 10.91 | top 3.3% | 1,229 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 36.26 | 43.35 | top 7.9% | 823 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 5.43 | top 14.7% | 2,320 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.80 | 25.08 | top 17.2% | 1,705 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.71 | 17.02 | top 50.7% | 5,331 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.41 | 2:19.64 | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Aug 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.17 at Yangzhou Open 2017.
- 27 Jul 2013Five personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2013.
- 6 Apr 2013Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Normal University 2013.
- 22 Sep 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Hangzhou Open 2012.
- 10 Mar 2012First competition: Hefei Spring 2012. A 18.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- You May Open 2018 · 6 May 2018
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- Hefei Summer Open 2014 · 13 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Shandong Spring Open 2014 · 13 Apr 2014
- Nanchang Open 2013 · 27 Oct 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2013 · 27 Jul 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Weifang Open 2013 · 14 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Normal University 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Winter 2012 · 25 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2012 · 4 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2012 · 5 Oct 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2012 · 10 Mar 2012
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.
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
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.