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Jonathan Lin

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012LINJ01

Jonathan Lin has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at River Hill Winter 2014, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,236th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since January 2012, he has put 714 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.65 in January 2012 to 8.99, a 43% improvement. Jonathan has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.72
signature single · River Hill Winter 2014
714
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.723.68
top 3.2%1,236 / 40,951
3×38.9911.06
top 4.8%2,701 / 59,724
Megaminx49.3856.26
top 4.9%346 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed16.0220.28
top 10.3%1,358 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.676.68
top 11.2%2,922 / 28,708
4×440.5447.76
top 12.7%1,875 / 19,072
5×51:24.051:34.72
top 22.4%1,732 / 9,401
6×63:00.213:15.81
top 41.2%1,509 / 4,196
Skewb9.4614.51
top 51.5%9,253 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 3 solves1,101 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:22.603:30.16
top 58.9%1,251 / 2,092
7×75:29.295:31.78
top 59.5%1,786 / 3,184
Square-149.951:01.76
top 76.0%5,031 / 6,743
Clock29.3338.42
top 83.5%7,418 / 8,927

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

River Hill Winter 2012: 15.65Harvard Spring 2012: 17.47River Hill Summer 2012: 15.02Jersey Shore Open 2012: 13.81Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 12.97River Hill Winter 2013: 12.22Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 11.16Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 12.36Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 10.84River Hill Winter 2014: 10.87River Hill Summer 2014: 11.36River Hill Winter 2015: 12.29Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 11.04Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 11.08Rockville Winter 2017: 10.63World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.06Tea Time Spring 2018: 10.60Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 8.99CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 10.52Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 9.88Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 9.89Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 10.43Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 9.238.9917.4721 Jan 20122 Apr 2022

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.