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Yilin Zhao (赵一霖)

2×2 · top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017ZHAO74

Yilin Zhao (赵一霖) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at Linfen Open 2019, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,748th in China. Across 12 competitions since November 2017, he has put 297 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.02 in November 2017 to 12.12, a 57% improvement. Yilin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.74
signature single · Linfen Open 2019
297
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.745.56
top 11.4%1,748 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.887.68
top 12.4%1,487 / 10,224
3×312.1214.14
top 14.3%5,634 / 28,153
Skewb6.929.69
top 33.0%2,021 / 5,004
4×41:00.281:17.63
top 36.7%3,613 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed41.38
early days — 3 solves5,211 / 5,922

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

Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 28.02Beijing Open 2018: 22.02Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 20.37Beijing Summer 2018: 18.30China Championship 2018: 16.36Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 15.67Anyang Open 2019: 14.36Zhengzhou Open 2019: 14.64Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 12.70Linfen Open 2019: 12.73China Championship 2019: 12.12Beijing Winter 2019: 12.4412.1228.0226 Nov 20177 Dec 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.