People · China
Xu Lin (林徐)
3×3 · top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009LINX01
Xu Lin (林徐) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.08, set at Guangzhou SCUT 2012, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,933rd in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2009, he has put 66 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.80 in August 2009 to 13.08, a 40% improvement. Xu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 13.08 | 15.42 | top 17.7% | 6,933 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.46 | 22.97 | top 21.7% | 2,161 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 5.22 | 6.95 | top 42.1% | 7,266 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,015 / 5,926 |
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 May 2012First sub-15 3×3: 13.22 at Guangzhou SCUT 2012.
- 20 May 2012Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou SCUT 2012.
- 3 Dec 2011First sub-20 3×3: 18.27 at Guangzhou Winter 2011.
- 22 Aug 2009First competition: Shenzhen Summer Open 2009. A 21.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou SCUT 2012 · 20 May 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Winter 2011 · 3 Dec 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Haizhu Library 2011 · 24 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes Competition 2010 · 11 Jul 2010
- Guangdong Open 2009 · 1 Oct 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Summer Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009
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.
- Weifeng Cheng (程维锋) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Junmin Lin (林晙旻) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Junjie Huang (黄俊杰) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.