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Justin Lin
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010LINJ01
Justin Lin has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at Berkeley Summer 2016, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 895th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2010, he has put 291 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.00 in August 2010 to 7.13, a 64% improvement. Justin has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.13 | 10.58 | top 1.5% | 895 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.60 | 18.12 | top 7.3% | 978 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.80 | 8.48 | top 48.7% | 19,762 / 40,951 |
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
- 1 Feb 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Berkeley Winter 2014.
- 14 May 2011First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at Caltech Spring 2011.
- 12 Feb 2011First sub-20 3×3: 18.94 at Caltech Winter 2011.
- 21 Aug 2010First competition: Nisei Week Open 2010. A 20.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Armin Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017
- Berkeley Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Berkeley Summer 2016 · 17 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Alliance for Education 2015 · 13 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- BASC 6 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014 · 2 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2014 · 1 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013
- Berkeley Fall 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2013 · 27 Apr 2013
- Nisei Week 2012 · 18 Aug 2012
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Spring 2012 · 26 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012
- Caltech Fall 2011 · 19 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Spring 2011 · 14 May 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2011 · 12 Feb 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week Open 2010 · 21 Aug 2010
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.
- Weston Mizumoto — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jeremy Fleischman — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Jew — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.