People · Chinese Taipei
Zih-Siang Lin (林子翔)
2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015LINZ03
Zih-Siang Lin (林子翔) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Dream One Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2015, he has put 244 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.61 in July 2015 to 11.41, a 63% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.75 | 5.15 | top 3.3% | 82 / 1,669 | |
| Skewb | 2.70 | 6.63 | top 3.6% | 31 / 699 | |
| 3×3 | 11.41 | 13.11 | top 11.8% | 719 / 4,213 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.60 | 7.93 | top 24.6% | 355 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.99 | 34.48 | top 39.3% | 488 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.93 | 1:16.39 | top 45.8% | 715 / 1,078 |
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 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2019.
- 7 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Maru X 2018.
- 12 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.14 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017.
- 12 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.14 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017.
- 15 Aug 2015First sub-30 3×3: 23.72 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- Dream One Cube Open 2019 · 15 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Taichung Cubing Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018 · 7 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Open 2015 · 11 Jul 2015
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Ho Hsieh (謝合) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.