People · China
Karsten Lin
3×3 · top 37.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018LINK06
Karsten Lin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.08, set at Puget Sound Fall 2019, puts him in the top 37.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,069th in China. Across 6 competitions since November 2018, he has put 53 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 24% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.64 in November 2018 to 19.08, a 49% improvement. Karsten has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.08 | 25.90 | top 37.3% | 13,069 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 6.28 | 8.93 | top 53.7% | 9,136 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 2:16.62 | 2:29.64 | top 88.1% | 5,778 / 5,926 |
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
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.08 at Puget Sound Fall 2019.
- 2 Mar 2019First sub-30 3×3: 26.18 at West Seattle Favorites 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018First competition: SnoCo Fall 2018. A 37.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SnoCo Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Spring 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- West Seattle Favorites 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound NxNxN 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- SnoCo Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
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.
- Bharadwaj Duggaraju — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonathan Truchot — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.08 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.