People · China
Yilin Zhao (赵奕麟)
3×3 · top 0.15% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021ZHAO06
Yilin Zhao (赵奕麟) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.15, set at Beijing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in China. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2021, he has put 472 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.19 in March 2021 to 5.15, a 54% improvement. Yilin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 5.15 | 7.15 | top 0.15% | 62 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.60 | 2.77 | top 0.55% | 55 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.18 | 13.77 | top 1.2% | 108 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 27.12 | 31.55 | top 1.4% | 136 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 1.35 | 1.57 | top 1.5% | 178 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 2.43 | 3.77 | top 2.6% | 140 / 5,004 |
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
- 12 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 17 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Singapore Championship 2023.
- 18 Apr 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at Hangzhou Open AM 2021.
- 27 Mar 2021First competition: Shaoxing Morning 2021. A 11.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Morning 2021 · 27 Mar 2021
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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.