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Elson Lin

3×3 · top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LINE02

Elson Lin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.55, set at Toronto Limited Fall 2016, puts him in the top 22.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,198th in Canada. Across 5 competitions since April 2016, he has put 128 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.84 in April 2016 to 14.55, a 30% improvement. Elson has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.55
signature single · Toronto Limited Fall 2016
128
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×314.5516.28
top 22.9%2,198 / 10,392
2×23.955.43
top 25.9%1,742 / 7,173
Skewb8.1411.88
top 42.4%1,093 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed33.5948.90
top 54.6%1,293 / 2,620
Pyraminx11.4214.12
top 63.4%3,111 / 4,858
4×41:41.64
top 71.7%2,075 / 3,118
5×56:14.64
early days — 3 solves1,475 / 1,499

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

Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 20.84National Capital Region 2016: 19.88Newmarket Open 2016: 16.32Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 14.55Newmarket Open 2018: 15.0014.5520.8430 Apr 201616 Jun 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.