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Forrest Lin

3×3 · top 46.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012LINF01

Forrest Lin has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.56, set at Yale Spring 2013, puts him in the top 46.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,123rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since September 2012, he has put 16 official solves on the record across two events. Forrest has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 46.9% of 284,439 all-time
22.56
signature single · Yale Spring 2013
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.5625.56
top 46.9%27,123 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:14.02
early days — 2 solves13,866 / 15,683

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

Yale Fall 2012: 23.02Yale Spring 2013: 22.56Yale Fall 2013: 23.3322.5623.338 Sep 201226 Oct 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 8 Sep 2012First competition: Yale Fall 2012. A 23.02 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.56 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 14.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.