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Jie Lin (林杰)

3×3 · top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018JIEL02

Jie Lin (林杰) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.45, set at Long Island Winter 2019, puts him in the top 15.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,068th in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 62 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.03 in July 2018 to 12.45, a 27% improvement. Jie has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time
12.45
signature single · Long Island Winter 2019
62
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.4516.07
top 15.5%6,068 / 28,153
2×24.716.09
top 35.6%6,137 / 15,796
Square-142.64
early days — 1 solve1,137 / 1,362
3×3 one-handed46.49
top 73.2%5,459 / 5,922

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

Brooklyn 2018: 17.03New York City Fall 2018: 14.95Maoming Open 2018: 13.49Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 13.83Long Island Winter 2019: 12.4512.4517.038 Jul 201823 Feb 2019

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 0.45 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.