People · China
Ziqiao Lin (林子乔)
3×3 · top 0.23% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LINZ01
Ziqiao Lin (林子乔) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.44, set at Zhanjiang Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 98th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2024, he has put 551 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.14 in March 2024 to 5.44, a 46% improvement. Ziqiao has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.44 | 6.71 | top 0.23% | 98 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.00 | 3.02 | top 1.1% | 128 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 1.46 | 2.59 | top 2.0% | 232 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 4.89 | 5.99 | top 4.1% | 79 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.72 | 15.66 | top 5.7% | 546 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 33.84 | 39.93 | top 5.7% | 591 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 56.75 | 1:01.26 | top 8.4% | 209 / 1,693 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 6.00 | top 12.0% | 719 / 5,030 | |
| Square-1 | 18.17 | 22.34 | top 23.8% | 402 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,335 / 2,857 |
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
- 5 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 2 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Foshan Open 2026.
- 6 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Special 2025.
- 24 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Jiangmen Open 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Zhuhai Open 2025.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024 · 31 Mar 2024
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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Wenqiang Yan (严文强) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.