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Yanlin Shen (申炎林)

3×3 · top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016SHEN21

Yanlin Shen (申炎林) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.00, set at Ningxia Open 2018, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,491st in China. Across 4 competitions since November 2016, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Yanlin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.00
signature single · Ningxia Open 2018
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.0013.69
top 13.9%5,491 / 28,153
4×451.0657.05
top 26.0%2,756 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed24.6927.47
top 33.4%3,197 / 5,922
5×51:56.262:04.03
top 46.9%2,012 / 2,816
2×26.287.83
top 53.7%9,136 / 15,796

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

Tianjin Open 2016: 12.72Tangshan Open 2017: 14.29Ningxia Open 2017: 14.02Ningxia Open 2018: 12.0012.0014.2912 Nov 20165 Aug 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.