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Robert Lin

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017LINR02

Robert Lin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.82, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,500th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since December 2017, he has put 118 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.12 in December 2017 to 12.82, a 29% improvement. Robert has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.82
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
118
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×312.8214.51
top 16.8%1,500 / 11,709
Pyraminx5.969.35
top 19.7%972 / 5,993
2×23.524.99
top 20.5%1,555 / 8,567
3×3 one-handed23.2430.51
top 29.4%669 / 2,659
Skewb7.9313.04
top 40.8%1,234 / 3,534
4×41:54.12
early days — 1 solve2,392 / 3,051

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

Sydney Championship 2017: 18.12Adelaide Summer 2018: 19.26Warm Up Sydney 2018: 13.80Koalafication Sydney 2019: 13.00WCA World Championship 2019: 12.82Fortitude Sydney 2019: 13.3112.8219.2616 Dec 201728 Sep 2019

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.

  • Edbert Sim — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Luc Harvey — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Marcus Ryan — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.