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Yaolin Zhang (张耀林)

3×3 · top 12.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024ZHAY07

Yaolin Zhang (张耀林) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.48, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 12.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,763rd in China. Across 2 competitions since September 2024, he has put 28 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.47 in September 2024 to 11.48, a 30% improvement. Yaolin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 12.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.48
signature single · Xuzhou Newcomers 2025
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.4814.33
top 12.1%4,763 / 28,153
2×24.595.64
top 34.1%5,844 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.6212.23
top 50.0%5,265 / 10,224

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

Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 16.47Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 11.4811.4816.4721 Sep 202430 Mar 2025

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 1.48 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.