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Byron Chin

3×3 · top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012CHIN03

Byron Chin has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.09, set at Princeton Winter 2016, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,504th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since September 2012, he has put 100 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.80 in September 2012 to 13.09, a 53% improvement. Byron has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.09
signature single · Princeton Winter 2016
100
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.0914.87
top 17.7%9,504 / 59,724
2×23.694.93
top 22.6%8,862 / 40,951
4×41:00.161:05.13
top 36.6%5,904 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.3212.00
top 39.0%11,138 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded2:48.65
top 49.1%1,056 / 2,092

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

Princeton Fall 2012: 27.80Liberty Science Center Open 2012: 19.88Princeton Spring 2013: 17.80Liberty Science Center Open 2013: 16.94Princeton Winter 2014: 13.48Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 13.40Princeton Winter 2016: 13.0913.0927.8022 Sep 20126 Feb 2016

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.

  • Ernie Pulchny — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Kian Barry — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Dan Selzer — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.