People · China
Xingwen Lin (林星文)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2020 · 2020LINX01
Xingwen Lin (林星文) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.84, set at Zhuhai Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,713th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2020, he has put 95 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.84 in November 2020 to 8.84, a 25% improvement. Xingwen has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.84 | 10.15 | top 4.5% | 1,713 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 4.22 | top 5.3% | 741 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.25 | 25.10 | top 8.6% | 822 / 5,922 |
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
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Shenzhen Open 2024.
- 15 Nov 2020First competition: Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020. A 11.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Good Morning 2020 · 13 Dec 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020 · 15 Nov 2020
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.
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yueshan Yang (杨悦山) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.