People · China
Yilin Song (宋翊麟)
3×3 · top 8.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018SONG04
Yilin Song (宋翊麟) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.36, set at Longyan Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,415th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2018, he has put 184 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.91 in March 2018 to 10.36, a 48% improvement. Yilin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 10.36 | 11.73 | top 8.6% | 3,415 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 4.21 | top 10.3% | 1,585 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.82 | 7.98 | top 26.4% | 2,995 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.67 | 23.34 | top 27.9% | 2,775 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 57.52 | 1:03.21 | top 33.9% | 3,415 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 41.00 | top 48.5% | 571 / 1,071 | |
| Skewb | 9.18 | 11.29 | top 49.7% | 2,846 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 25.65 | 28.99 | top 77.9% | 1,656 / 1,887 |
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
- 21 Jul 2019Six personal bests in one day at Longyan Open 2019.
- 30 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at SJTU Winter Open 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.75 at SJTU Open 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018First competition: Hangzhou Spring 2018. A 19.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Longyan Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- More Than One Cube 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yang Xia (夏洋) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.