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Edward Lin

2×2 · top 0.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2008 · 2008LINE02

Edward Lin has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.97, set at Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016, puts him in the top 0.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 205th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 87 competitions since July 2008, he has put 3,436 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.25 in July 2008 to 6.33, a 76% improvement. Edward has entered 87 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.5% of 186,767 all-time
0.97
signature single · Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016
3,436
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.972.48
top 0.5%205 / 40,951
3×36.338.29
top 0.7%466 / 59,724
4×426.3831.86
top 1.1%196 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed11.6413.86
top 2.6%410 / 15,683
5×552.9559.13
top 2.7%210 / 9,401
Pyraminx2.886.66
top 3.2%855 / 28,708
6×62:10.582:17.61
top 15.6%557 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves—
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
Square-117.8033.94
top 22.9%1,513 / 6,743
7×73:40.413:57.67
top 23.6%672 / 3,184
Megaminx1:48.832:01.28
top 39.7%2,868 / 7,841
Clock13.1815.68
top 40.4%3,214 / 8,927
Skewb12.1414.56
top 66.7%12,462 / 18,907

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

UCSD Summer competition 2008: 26.25Berkeley Fall 2008: 19.02San Francisco Open 2009: 14.93EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 14.65Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 14.40Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 14.44US Nationals 2009: 14.43World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 13.69Caltech Fall competition 2009: 12.58Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 12.15Stanford Fall competition 2009: 10.96Berkeley Winter 2010: 11.13EPGY Stanford Winter 2010: 12.19Caltech Winter 2010: 11.68Berkeley Spring 2010: 11.46Stanford Spring 2010: 10.27Berkeley Summer 2010: 9.77United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 11.43Berkeley Fall 2010: 8.63Berkeley Winter 2011: 9.43EPGY Stanford Winter 2011: 9.84Vidar Open 2011: 8.93Stanford Spring 2011: 9.75Berkeley Summer 2011: 9.38Stanford Fall 2011: 9.19Berkeley Fall 2011: 9.63Berkeley Winter 2012: 8.47Caltech Winter 2012: 8.84EPGY Stanford Winter 2012: 9.11Berkeley Spring 2012: 8.21Cal Day 2012: 10.11Stanford Spring 2012: 9.22United States National Championships 2012: 9.27Berkeley Fall 2012: 9.56Stanford Fall 2012: 8.43Berkeley Autumn 2012: 8.66Caltech Winter Open 2013: 8.52Berkeley Winter 2013: 9.11Berkeley Spring 2013: 7.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 9.33Berkeley Summer 2013: 8.38Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 9.44Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 8.71Berkeley Fall 2013: 8.16Southwest Showdown 2013: 8.14Caltech Fall Open 2013: 8.90Berkeley Winter 2014: 7.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 8.62Caltech Winter Open 2014: 8.18Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 7.93Berkeley Spring 2014: 9.02BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 8.50Cuthberts Open 2014: 7.51UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 8.31Williams Winter 2015: 8.37Yale Spring 2015: 7.83Lexington Spring 2015: 8.08BASC 6 2015: 7.26SoCal Supercomp 2015: 7.15BASC 7 2015: 7.38Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015: 7.48Lexington Fall 2015: 6.83Northeastern Fall 2015: 7.40MIT Fall 2015: 6.91Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 8.81Berkeley Winter 2016: 7.78Berkeley Spring 2016: 8.77Reno Open 2016: 7.98US Nationals 2016: 7.95Berkeley Summer 2016: 7.59Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 8.49Berkeley Fall 2016: 7.91Berkeley Winter 2017: 8.09Fresno Fall 2017: 8.00San Francisco Bay Open 2017: 7.79San Ramon Cubed 2017: 8.29Reno Fall 2017: 7.60Berkeley Fall 2017: 8.04Skillcon 2017: 7.49CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018: 8.17CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 6.33SacCubing V 2018: 6.52Berkeley Summer 2018: 7.36WCA World Championship 2019: 8.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 8.206.3326.2512 Jul 200815 Feb 2020

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.