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Kalin Shin

2×2 · top 39.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017SHIN03

Kalin Shin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.97, set at Maryland 2017, puts him in the top 39.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,629th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2017, he has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.86 in February 2017 to 19.87, a 51% improvement. Kalin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 39.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.97
signature single · Maryland 2017
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.976.80
top 39.0%15,629 / 40,951
3×319.8725.12
top 39.6%22,416 / 59,724
Pyraminx11.2212.12
top 62.1%18,261 / 28,708

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

Virginia Open Winter 2017: 40.86NovaCube 2017: 32.34Maryland 2017: 26.11NovaCube 2018: 26.30Rally In The Valley 2018: 19.8719.8740.8618 Feb 201716 Jun 2018

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.