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Ziyang Lin (林子杨)

3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LINZ01

Ziyang Lin (林子杨) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.13, set at Shenyang Winter 2016, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,646th in China. Across 5 competitions since April 2016, he has put 89 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.91 in April 2016 to 12.13, a 28% improvement. Ziyang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.13
signature single · Shenyang Winter 2016
89
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.1314.05
top 14.3%5,646 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed19.3219.79
top 18.7%1,867 / 5,922
Pyraminx8.2011.17
top 37.9%4,107 / 10,224

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

Shenyang Open 2016: 16.91Asian Championship 2016: 13.93Shenyang Winter 2016: 12.13Shenyang Spring 2017: 13.23Shenyang Summer 2018: 13.0512.1316.9123 Apr 20165 Aug 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.