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Zheng Lin (林铮)

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011LINZ01

Zheng Lin (林铮) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.73, set at Xiamen Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 843rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since July 2011, he has put 1,446 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.46 in July 2011 to 7.73, a 38% improvement. Zheng has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.73
signature single · Xiamen Autumn 2019
1,446
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.739.30
top 2.3%843 / 28,153
4×430.3534.87
top 3.0%300 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed12.2314.99
top 3.3%290 / 5,922
2×22.363.85
top 7.6%1,092 / 15,796
5×51:04.231:10.61
top 7.9%378 / 2,816
Pyraminx6.109.04
top 20.7%2,369 / 10,224
6×62:29.522:38.67
top 25.4%544 / 1,349
7×73:46.703:59.66
top 26.0%522 / 1,261
Square-124.8741.09
top 38.9%665 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
early days — 1 solve737 / 1,058
Megaminx2:35.612:53.57
top 63.9%1,482 / 1,678
Skewb20.5129.65
top 90.4%4,445 / 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

Xiamen Open 2011: 12.46Hefei Open 2013: 11.86Shanghai Summer 2013: 10.97Wenzhou Open 2013: 9.77Fuzhou Open 2013: 10.21Fuzhou Open 2014: 10.92Suzhou Open 2014: 10.39Hefei Summer Open 2014: 9.93Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 10.50Wenzhou Open 2015: 9.15Fuzhou Open 2015: 9.91Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 10.33Twisting Fingers in New Taipei City 2015: 7.86China Championship 2015: 9.29Xiamen Open 2016: 7.81Fuzhou Open 2016: 9.56Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 9.44Asian Championship 2016: 9.48TKK Open 2016: 7.76Zhangzhou Spring 2017: 9.02Fuzhou Open 2017: 8.52Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 10.16Fuzhou Autumn 2017: 9.26TKK Open 2017: 9.13Zhangzhou Open 2018: 9.50Longyan Open 2018: 8.53Quanzhou Open 2018: 8.47Fuzhou Open 2018: 8.76Xiamen Open 2018: 8.89Fuzhou Spring 2019: 9.17Xiamen Open 2019: 8.78Longyan Open 2019: 8.09Quanzhou Open 2019: 8.74Xiamen Autumn 2019: 7.73Fuzhou Open 2026: 9.717.7312.4616 Jul 201117 Jan 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.