People · China
Xuankai Lin (蔺玄凯)
2×2 · top 8.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016LINX04
Xuankai Lin (蔺玄凯) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Taiyuan Autumn 2017, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,218th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2016, he has put 127 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.08 in November 2016 to 15.22, a 16% improvement. Xuankai 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 5.29 | top 8.3% | 1,218 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 6.43 | top 15.1% | 1,780 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 15.22 | 18.27 | top 25.2% | 9,457 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 9.20 | 10.75 | top 49.8% | 2,828 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.73 | 1:25.74 | top 50.4% | 4,559 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.82 | 41.47 | top 58.7% | 4,806 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:08.86 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,125 / 1,183 |
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
- 15 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Autumn 2017.
- 7 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Open 2017.
- 20 Nov 2016First competition: Taiyuan Winter Open 2016. A 18.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016
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.
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.