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Zhiqian Lin (林智谦)

3×3 · top 23.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019LINZ02

Zhiqian Lin (林智谦) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.75, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 23.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,955th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2019, he has put 46 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.19 in April 2019 to 14.75, a 23% improvement. Zhiqian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.75
signature single · Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.7517.30
top 23.6%8,955 / 28,153
2×24.036.80
top 26.9%4,551 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.249.52
top 38.2%4,142 / 10,224
4×41:06.83
top 43.8%4,128 / 5,926

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

Dongguan Spring 2019: 19.19Dongguan Summer 2019: 17.77Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 14.7514.7519.1921 Apr 201924 Aug 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.75 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.