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Zilin Wang (王子霖)

3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017WANZ19

Zilin Wang (王子霖) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.27, set at Hefei Summer 2019, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,230th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 57 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.16 in October 2017 to 10.27, a 65% improvement. Zilin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time
10.27
signature single · Hefei Summer 2019
57
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.2712.26
top 8.3%3,230 / 28,153

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

Hefei Open 2017: 29.16Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 23.11Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018: 14.81Hefei Summer 2018: 15.71China Championship 2018: 11.39Wuhu Open 2018: 12.40Hefei Summer 2019: 10.27China Championship 2019: 10.7710.2729.165 Oct 201726 Jul 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.