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Zhaorun Lin (林朝润)

2×2 · top 11.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LINZ04

Zhaorun Lin (林朝润) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.79, set at Wuhan Open 2019, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,845th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2018, he has put 56 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.05 in April 2018 to 11.76, a 38% improvement. Zhaorun has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.79
signature single · Wuhan Open 2019
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.794.56
top 11.9%1,845 / 15,796
3×311.7612.95
top 13.1%5,161 / 28,153
Pyraminx6.8611.37
top 26.7%2,989 / 10,224
4×41:07.64
early days — 2 solves4,185 / 5,926
Skewb10.2515.06
top 56.4%3,131 / 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

Nanjing Spring 2018: 19.05Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 16.23Wuhan Open 2019: 11.7611.7619.0530 Apr 20182 May 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.