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Ying Lin (林颖) vs Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师)

Two careers, 101 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Ying Lin (林颖) (China) and Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师) (China) have met in 101 rounds across 29 competitions since 2016. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Ying Lin (林颖) leads Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师): 93 finishes in front to 8.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 12 shared events, Ying Lin (林颖) holds the faster single in 11, Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师) in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventYing Lin (林颖) singleaverageMingshi Zheng (郑铭师) singleaverage
3×37.399.448.5410.80
2×21.873.552.753.61
4×431.8039.5336.0139.83
5×51:07.491:11.851:05.081:16.73
6×62:03.902:07.692:11.752:21.43
7×72:51.163:00.623:39.203:48.20
3×3 one-handed9.7113.5015.0819.33
Clock8.339.2010.1511.84
Megaminx52.7759.461:21.971:36.31
Pyraminx3.455.055.717.70
Skewb4.035.636.329.66
Square-115.0822.1827.0930.81

Year by year

every meeting, 101 rounds in all
20162026busiest year: 37 meetings2016: 42017: 182018: 372019: 132020: 82021: 32024: 32025: 92026: 6

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundYing Lin (林颖)Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师)ahead
2026Quanzhou Summer 20263×3First round10.1111.34Ying Lin (林颖)
2026Quanzhou Summer 2026PyraminxFirst round6.599.07Ying Lin (林颖)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3Second round11.8712.17Ying Lin (林颖)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20263×3First round9.7311.59Ying Lin (林颖)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20264×4First round40.2543.51Ying Lin (林颖)
2026Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 20265×5First round1:12.651:20.20Ying Lin (林颖)
2025Jiangmen Open 20252×2First round3.785.51Ying Lin (林颖)
2025Jiangmen Open 20253×3First round10.2112.07Ying Lin (林颖)
2025Jiangmen Open 20254×4First round39.5343.62Ying Lin (林颖)
2025Jiangmen Open 2025ClockFirst round9.2013.12Ying Lin (林颖)
2025Zhuhai Open 20252×2First round4.533.61Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师)
2025Zhuhai Open 20253×3First round10.7210.80Ying Lin (林颖)
2025Zhuhai Open 20253×3Second round10.6512.77Ying Lin (林颖)
2025Zhuhai Open 20253×3 one-handedFirst round15.7421.42Ying Lin (林颖)

Full careers: Ying Lin (林颖) · Mingshi Zheng (郑铭师). A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.