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Zhiyuan Lin (林志远)

Pyraminx · top 10.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015LINZ06

Zhiyuan Lin (林志远) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.50, set at Zhenjiang Open 2016, puts him in the top 10.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,216th in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2015, he has put 76 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.67 in August 2015 to 12.38, a 21% improvement. Zhiyuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 10.2% of 129,321 all-time
4.50
signature single · Zhenjiang Open 2016
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx4.506.40
top 10.2%1,216 / 10,224
3×312.3813.66
top 15.2%5,980 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed20.1529.04
top 20.9%2,079 / 5,922
2×23.684.88
top 22.4%3,693 / 15,796
4×453.2658.22
top 28.7%2,980 / 5,926
Skewb7.079.50
top 34.2%2,084 / 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

Wuxi Open 2015: 15.67Zhenjiang Open 2015: 14.62Zhenjiang Open 2016: 12.3812.3815.678 Aug 201520 Nov 2016

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.