People · China
Zhiyuan Lin (林智远)
3×3 · top 16.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010LINZ01
Zhiyuan Lin (林智远) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.80, set at Thrice as Nice Miami 2025, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,563rd in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2010, he has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Zhiyuan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.80 | 13.68 | top 16.7% | 6,563 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.24 | 5.03 | top 29.6% | 5,059 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.94 | 29.31 | top 41.8% | 3,810 / 5,922 |
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
- 14 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Thrice as Nice Miami 2025.
- 9 May 2010First competition: Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010. A 16.77 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 May 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.15 at Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010.
Competitions
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Shite Wei (韦世特) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Hong Zhang (张宏) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiarui Cao (曹家睿) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.