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Evan Chin
Megaminx · top 4.2% of 35,351 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017CHIN03
Evan Chin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 47.79, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 42 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 35,351 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 296th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2017, he has put 479 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.68 in January 2017 to 8.71, a 65% improvement. Evan has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 47.79 | 57.58 | top 4.2% | 296 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 | 8.71 | 10.20 | top 4.2% | 2,386 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 41.19 | — | top 7.2% | 142 / 2,128 | |
| 4×4 | 35.97 | 41.44 | top 7.7% | 1,198 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 4.34 | 6.30 | top 13.3% | 2,095 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 8.21 | top 13.7% | 3,651 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 4.69 | top 14.2% | 5,646 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 14.35 | 20.76 | top 15.0% | 1,024 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.23 | 1:31.26 | top 21.0% | 1,654 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 593 / 2,059 | |
| Clock | 11.01 | 12.99 | top 30.0% | 2,404 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 2:42.84 | 3:03.63 | top 32.4% | 1,162 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.50 | 30.51 | top 38.2% | 5,143 / 15,900 | |
| 7×7 | 4:24.26 | 4:47.38 | top 39.4% | 1,129 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 8 cubes · 43:26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 732 / 740 |
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
- 22 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter B 2023.
- 17 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 37 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Summer 2022.
- 24 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 45 - Berkeley Time 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- FMC Anglo America 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 42 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 37 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022 · 24 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 30 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing X 2021 · 13 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Armin Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017
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.
- Nolan Lata Yiu — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Nico Harper (李有為) — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 7.79 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.