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Ben Yin

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022YINB01

Ben Yin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.92, set at Berkeley Summer 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,685th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since September 2022, he has put 320 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.80 in September 2022 to 9.37, a 47% improvement. Ben has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.92
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2023
320
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.924.44
top 4.2%1,685 / 40,951
3×39.3712.37
top 5.8%3,207 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed15.5818.85
top 9.3%1,233 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded1:51.00—
top 30.3%627 / 2,092
Pyraminx7.6820.83
top 33.5%9,446 / 28,708
4×41:06.031:14.95
top 42.9%7,053 / 19,072
Square-145.29—
early days — 2 solves4,690 / 6,743
Clock24.2826.35
top 75.3%6,579 / 8,927
5×53:05.48—
top 79.8%7,247 / 9,401
Skewb19.3135.04
top 88.6%17,052 / 18,907
Megaminx5:22.98—
early days — 2 solves7,741 / 7,841

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

Berkeley Fall 2022: 17.80Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 15.48Berkeley Winter B 2023: 13.64Berkeley Spring 2023: 14.04Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 14.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 14.26CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 13.97Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 12.73Berkeley Summer 2023: 13.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 12.97Davis Fall 2023: 12.08Berkeley Winter 2024: 11.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 12.38Berkeley Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 9.37Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 13.489.3717.8010 Sep 20229 Nov 2024

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.