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Zhi Lin (林志)

3×3 · top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021LINZ02

Zhi Lin (林志) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.20, set at Shenzhen Youth Open 2023, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,354th in China. Across 4 competitions since January 2021, he has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.78 in January 2021 to 11.20, a 33% improvement. Zhi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.20
signature single · Shenzhen Youth Open 2023
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.2013.83
top 11.1%4,354 / 28,153
2×24.365.95
top 31.1%5,326 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed28.99
top 44.3%3,958 / 5,922
Pyraminx10.5313.42
top 57.1%5,927 / 10,224

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

Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021: 16.78Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 11.53Guangdong Open 2021: 12.25Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 11.2011.2016.789 Jan 202126 Nov 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.