People · China
Yiran Lin (林懿然)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011LINY02
Yiran Lin (林懿然) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.94, set at Xiamen Open 2016, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,804th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2011, he has put 384 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.63 in July 2011 to 8.94, a 46% improvement. Yiran has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.94 | 11.34 | top 4.7% | 1,804 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 35.58 | 41.52 | top 7.3% | 733 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.62 | 1:13.25 | top 8.1% | 387 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 5.09 | top 9.9% | 1,495 / 15,796 | |
| 7×7 | 3:08.21 | 3:15.18 | top 12.7% | 255 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.94 | 2:19.73 | top 14.9% | 325 / 1,349 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.16 | 1:43.32 | top 25.0% | 771 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.16 | 11.50 | top 46.2% | 4,910 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,806 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 12.19 | 15.14 | top 66.9% | 3,563 / 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
- 1 Oct 2016Five personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 26 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Huizhou Open 2015.
- 17 Jul 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Hefei Open 2015.
- 17 Jul 2015Four personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2015.
- 12 Jul 2015Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2015.
Competitions
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2016 · 18 Dec 2016
- TKK Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Huizhou Open 2015 · 26 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2015 · 12 Jul 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2011 · 16 Jul 2011
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.
- Kailong Li (李开隆) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Weixing Zhang (张炜星) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.