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Zhilin Li (李志琳)

3×3 · top 34.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LIZH06

Zhilin Li (李志琳) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.04, set at Xianju Special 2026, puts her in the top 34.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,260th in China. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, she has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 33.85 in March 2025 to 18.04, a 47% improvement. Zhilin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.2% of 284,439 all-time
18.04
signature single · Xianju Special 2026
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.0420.48
top 34.2%12,260 / 28,153
Skewb8.7812.16
top 46.9%2,711 / 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

Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 33.85Xianju Special 2026: 18.04Hangzhou Open 2026: 18.9818.0433.8530 Mar 202523 May 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.04 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as she improves.