People · China
Yilin Wang (王艺霖)
7×7 · top 2.8% of 14,226 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015WANG65
Yilin Wang (王艺霖) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 2:23.22, set at Huzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in China. Until July 2016, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2015, he has put 286 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.86 in August 2015 to 9.79, a 42% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7×7 | 2:23.22 | 2:29.58 | top 2.8% | 51 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 1:42.80 | 1:47.38 | top 4.8% | 101 / 1,349 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.04 | 1:07.86 | top 6.6% | 310 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 | 9.79 | 11.46 | top 6.9% | 2,681 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 37.58 | 39.37 | top 9.3% | 982 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.04 | 10.93 | top 13.4% | 1,589 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 4.08 | top 14.8% | 2,346 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.33 | 19.82 | top 16.0% | 1,578 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.40 | 1:15.83 | top 16.5% | 495 / 1,678 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 11.82 | top 38.2% | 2,274 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 48.00 | top 59.0% | 691 / 1,058 | |
| Square-1 | 47.26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,188 / 1,362 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 24 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2023.
- 15 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at NEU Open 2019.
- 15 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at NEU Open 2019.
- 28 Jul 2017Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016Nine personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
Competitions
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 23.22 away.
- A sub-1:30 6×6 single — 336 people have one; it is 12.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.