People · China
Zhiyi Lin (林之逸)
Pyraminx · top 0.66% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019LINZ01
Zhiyi Lin (林之逸) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Guilin Open 2021, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in China. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2019, he has put 97 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.57 in March 2019 to 8.64, a 65% improvement. Zhiyi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.69 | 2.44 | top 0.66% | 72 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 8.64 | 10.32 | top 4.0% | 1,531 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 4.37 | top 5.2% | 719 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:22.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 817 / 1,183 |
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
- 16 May 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Guilin Open 2021.
- 16 May 2021Six personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2021.
- 1 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.52 at Xiamen Winter 2019.
- 1 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Winter 2019.
- 25 Aug 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.59 at Quanzhou Open 2019.
- 25 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Open 2019.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Xiamen Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.