People · Canada
Bill Lin
2×2 · top 5.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018LINB03
Bill Lin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at UBC Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 317th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2018, he has put 211 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.61 in September 2018 to 11.40, a 31% improvement. Bill has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 3.69 | top 5.2% | 317 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 11.40 | 13.03 | top 11.9% | 1,120 / 10,502 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.69 | 24.98 | top 28.0% | 612 / 2,632 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.03 | 13.15 | top 28.1% | 1,223 / 4,913 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.98 | 1:41.34 | top 28.3% | 273 / 1,393 | |
| 4×4 | 55.51 | 1:10.72 | top 31.4% | 835 / 3,180 | |
| Skewb | 9.97 | 22.17 | top 54.8% | 1,519 / 2,928 | |
| Square-1 | 35.69 | 45.70 | top 59.6% | 545 / 973 | |
| 5×5 | 3:03.10 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,128 / 1,546 | |
| 6×6 | 8:41.91 | — | early days — 1 solve | 670 / 683 |
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
- 29 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at UBC Open 2019.
- 2 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.97 at Vancouver Select Winter 2018.
- 30 Sep 2018First competition: Vancouver Select 2018. A 16.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.