People · China
Yilin Jin (金奕霖)
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023JINY04
Yilin Jin (金奕霖) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.18, set at Harbin Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,146th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2023, he has put 69 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.95 in December 2023 to 8.18, a 25% improvement. Yilin 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 | 8.18 | 9.80 | top 3.1% | 1,146 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.67 | 3.96 | top 10.6% | 1,619 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Fushun Open 2024.
- 17 Dec 2023First competition: Shenyang Open 2023. A 10.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025
- Harbin Open 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
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.
- Hongyu Jiang (姜宏禹) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Xiran Hu (胡希然) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.