People · China
Zhiwei Lin (林智玮)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.9% of 74,621 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012LINZ02
Zhiwei Lin (林智玮) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.05, set at China Championship 2015, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 162nd in China. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2012, he has put 483 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in December 2012 to 8.56, a 36% improvement. Zhiwei has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.05 | 12.93 | top 1.9% | 162 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 1.63 | 3.27 | top 2.8% | 335 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 8.56 | 10.33 | top 3.9% | 1,498 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 35.43 | 47.52 | top 7.2% | 746 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 12.85 | top 25.7% | 1,605 / 5,030 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.45 | 1:42.60 | top 34.3% | 1,574 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.20 | 11.26 | top 37.9% | 4,149 / 10,269 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.28 | 2:13.64 | top 39.0% | 1,138 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 40.33 | top 41.0% | 466 / 1,071 | |
| 7×7 | 5:23.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 996 / 1,274 | |
| 6×6 | 3:48.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,111 / 1,363 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Oct 2015Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 1 Oct 2014Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2014.
- 12 Jul 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Suzhou Open 2014.
- 12 Jul 2014Eight personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2014.
- 1 Oct 2013Five personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2013.
- 22 Jul 2013Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013.
Competitions
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015 · 1 Jan 2015
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2014 · 3 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou Open 2014 · 27 Jul 2014
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 8 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2013 · 1 Oct 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013 · 22 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012 · 9 Dec 2012
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.
- Kailong Li (李开隆) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Xingyu Chen (陈星宇) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Jiacheng Peng (彭家诚) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.