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Lin Yan (颜麟)

Pyraminx · top 10.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017YANL01

Lin Yan (颜麟) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.53, set at Chongqing Open 2017, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,231st in China. Across 1 competition since December 2017, he has put 31 official solves on the record across six events.

Pyraminx
best event — top 10.4% of 129,321 all-time
4.53
signature single · Chongqing Open 2017
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx4.539.04
top 10.4%1,231 / 10,224
3×312.2716.02
top 14.8%5,839 / 28,153
Skewb6.3110.04
top 28.2%1,741 / 5,004
4×456.1459.86
top 32.1%3,237 / 5,926
2×25.316.07
top 43.1%7,429 / 15,796
5×52:04.20
early days — 2 solves2,144 / 2,816

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 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 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.