People · China
Yongqi Lin (林咏琪)
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LINY10
Yongqi Lin (林咏琪) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.30, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 603rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2018, he has put 219 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.53 in June 2018 to 7.30, a 46% improvement. Yongqi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 7.30 | 8.63 | top 1.7% | 603 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 3.32 | top 2.9% | 359 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 33.84 | 39.38 | top 5.7% | 570 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.50 | 17.38 | top 7.1% | 686 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.43 | 1:19.27 | top 15.7% | 765 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.53 | 7.52 | top 16.6% | 1,948 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 8.08 | 9.83 | top 41.9% | 2,470 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,264 / 1,678 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.32 at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 13 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2019.
- 2 Jun 2018First competition: Lishui University Open 2018. A 13.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Lishui University Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Hao Wang (王浩) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.