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Ying Lin (林颖)

3×3 one-handed · top 0.86% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015LINY08

Ying Lin (林颖) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.71, set at Jieyang Winter 2020, puts him in the top 0.86% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since August 2015, he has put 1,270 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.98 in August 2015 to 7.39, a 47% improvement. Ying has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.86% of 73,695 all-time
9.71
signature single · Jieyang Winter 2020
1,270
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed9.7113.50
top 0.86%71 / 5,922
3×37.399.44
top 1.8%645 / 28,153
2×21.873.55
top 4.0%530 / 15,796
4×431.8039.53
top 4.0%391 / 5,926
Pyraminx3.455.05
top 5.3%632 / 10,224
Megaminx52.7759.46
top 6.4%148 / 1,678
7×72:51.163:00.62
top 8.2%171 / 1,261
5×51:07.491:11.85
top 9.9%487 / 2,816
Skewb4.035.63
top 11.1%658 / 5,004
6×62:03.902:07.69
top 12.6%267 / 1,349
Square-115.0822.18
top 16.7%257 / 1,362
Clock8.339.20
top 16.7%364 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves37.00
top 30.0%322 / 1,058

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

Shantou Open 2015: 13.98Shantou Open 2016: 9.87Chaozhou Open 2017: 9.53Quanzhou Open 2017: 11.74Shantou Open 2017: 11.67China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 11.24GDSY Open 2018: 10.69Guangdong Open 2018: 11.14ZHBIT Open 2018: 10.37Guilin Open 2018: 9.35Shenzhen Open 2018: 11.37Meizhou Open 2018: 11.54Jieyang Open 2018: 10.19Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 10.05Maoming Open 2018: 10.18Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 10.96Jieyang Winter 2019: 10.04Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 9.42Maoming Open 2019: 11.51China Championship 2019: 10.79Jieyang Open 2019: 9.79 Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020: 10.27Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020: 10.54Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021: 8.36Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 9.40Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 9.55Guangdong Open 2021: 8.12Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 9.56Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 8.36Zhuhai Open 2025: 8.89Jiangmen Open 2025: 7.78Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 7.39Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 8.51Quanzhou Summer 2026: 8.40Fuzhou Summer 2026: 9.137.3913.982 Aug 201523 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.