People · China
Yiquan Ling (凌艺全)
3×3 blindfolded · top 9.0% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014LING03
Yiquan Ling (凌艺全) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 47.19, set at Shenzhen Nanshan 2018, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 138th in China. Until July 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since July 2014, he has put 333 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.09 in July 2014 to 11.98, a 26% improvement. Yiquan has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 blindfolded | 47.19 | 1:18.97 | top 9.0% | 138 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 15 of 16 cubes · 57:17 | — | top 9.7% | 29 / 278 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 6.27 | top 10.0% | 1,515 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.98 | 14.30 | top 13.8% | 5,462 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.04 | 22.78 | top 15.2% | 1,496 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.94 | 8.67 | top 27.4% | 3,062 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 7.78 | 10.33 | top 39.6% | 2,364 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.59 | 1:18.17 | top 48.4% | 4,424 / 5,926 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 14:50.00 | — | early days — 3 solves | 126 / 149 |
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
- 3 Aug 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Shantou Open 2014.
- 3 Aug 2014Five personal bests in one day at Shantou Open 2014.
- 27 Jul 2014First competition: Huizhou Open 2014. A 16.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019 · 2 Mar 2019
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
- Huizhou Open 2018 · 1 Jul 2018
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2017 · 3 Dec 2017
- Hong Kong Side Event Day 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2017 · 29 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- GDSY Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen New Year 2017 · 1 Jan 2017
- Big 'n Blind 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015 · 22 Aug 2015
- Shenzhen Open 2015 · 12 Jul 2015
- Cube of Prime Numbers 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015 · 15 Mar 2015
- Back To Cubing Hong Kong 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2014 · 3 Aug 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Huizhou Open 2014 · 27 Jul 2014
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.
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 7.19 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.