People · China
Zhiyuan Lin (林致远)
2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018LINZ05
Zhiyuan Lin (林致远) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at Quangang Morning 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 150th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2018, he has put 344 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.43 in May 2018 to 8.53, a 56% improvement. Zhiyuan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.28 | 2.51 | top 1.3% | 150 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.53 | 9.35 | top 3.8% | 1,436 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 37.44 | 41.33 | top 9.2% | 965 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.34 | 10.40 | top 15.4% | 1,802 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.55 | 22.09 | top 19.3% | 1,938 / 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
- 6 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.12 at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 25 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Open 2019.
- 21 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Longyan Open 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Longyan Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.95 at Zhangzhou Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Zhangzhou Open 2018.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Summer 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Quangang Morning 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Syrdaryo Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Longyan Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2018 · 16 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best 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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Yuxuan Zheng (郑豫轩) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.