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Ryan Lim

3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011LIMR01

Ryan Lim has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.32, set at US Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,629th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since February 2011, he has put 679 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.30 in February 2011 to 10.32, a 59% improvement. Ryan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.32
signature single · US Nationals 2016
679
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.3212.32
top 8.4%4,629 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed15.6922.18
top 9.5%1,265 / 15,683
4×446.2254.06
top 19.8%3,012 / 19,072
2×23.536.78
top 20.6%8,067 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves39.33
top 30.0%652 / 2,040
Pyraminx7.3810.28
top 31.0%8,651 / 28,708
5×51:41.491:55.89
top 36.5%2,904 / 9,401
Megaminx1:50.942:03.56
top 40.9%2,974 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded2:56.504:09.61
top 51.4%1,095 / 2,092
6×63:31.603:47.90
early days — 3 solves2,089 / 4,196
Skewb11.5517.22
top 63.8%11,826 / 18,907
7×76:06.566:31.66
early days — 3 solves2,118 / 3,184
Clock29.9735.68
top 84.2%7,493 / 8,927
Square-11:13.37—
early days — 2 solves6,116 / 6,743

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

Berkeley Winter 2011: 25.30Vidar Open 2011: 25.97Berkeley Fall 2011: 17.61Berkeley Winter 2012: 17.84Berkeley Spring 2012: 17.36Cal Day 2012: 16.84United States National Championships 2012: 12.66Berkeley Fall 2012: 14.03Berkeley Autumn 2012: 12.81Berkeley Winter 2013: 13.00Berkeley Spring 2013: 11.06World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.33Berkeley Summer 2013: 12.27Berkeley Fall 2013: 12.02Caltech Fall Open 2013: 11.97Berkeley Winter 2014: 11.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 12.67Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 10.75Berkeley Spring 2014: 11.41San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 10.91BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 12.10US Nationals 2014: 11.10Berkeley Winter 2015: 11.36Berkeley Spring 2015: 12.18Puget Sound Open 2015: 10.66US Nationals 2016: 10.32Puget Sound Fall 2017: 12.90SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017: 12.1010.3225.9712 Feb 201121 Oct 2017

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.

  • Mitchell Lane — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
  • Riley Woo — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.