People · China
Yonglin Zhong (钟永麟)
2×2 · top 4.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ZHON08
Yonglin Zhong (钟永麟) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 655th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2019, he has put 309 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.00 in March 2019 to 1.99, a 50% improvement. Yonglin has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.99 | 2.48 | top 4.7% | 655 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 12.27 | top 9.2% | 3,646 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.91 | 1:15.59 | top 11.0% | 560 / 2,857 | |
| 4×4 | 40.32 | 45.53 | top 12.6% | 1,379 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.93 | 24.28 | top 15.0% | 1,498 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 42.00 | top 17.5% | 187 / 1,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.71 | 9.93 | top 17.9% | 2,093 / 10,269 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.51 | 1:32.59 | top 25.4% | 794 / 1,693 | |
| 7×7 | 4:15.11 | 4:24.92 | top 36.2% | 706 / 1,274 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.65 | 3:22.82 | top 36.4% | 764 / 1,363 | |
| Skewb | 9.38 | 11.28 | top 51.1% | 2,896 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 19.62 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,447 / 1,887 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 24 Aug 2019Six personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First competition: GDSY Open 2019. A 14.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMCanton Haizhu 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMCanton Nansha 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Canton Countdown 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.