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Nolan Lin

3×3 · top 20.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019LINN02

Nolan Lin has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.93, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020, puts him in the top 20.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,164th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since July 2019, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.10 in July 2019 to 13.93, a 23% improvement. Nolan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.93
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.9315.49
top 20.7%11,164 / 59,724
2×24.388.78
top 31.4%12,483 / 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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 18.10Berkeley Summer 2019: 15.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 18.44Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 13.9313.9318.447 Jul 201915 Feb 2020

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.