People · Chinese Taipei
Ting-Ching Lin (林庭慶)
Pyraminx · top 4.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LINT01
Ting-Ching Lin (林庭慶) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.36, set at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2018, he has put 473 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.60 in June 2018 to 3.36, a 56% improvement. He has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.36 | 4.88 | top 4.9% | 79 / 1,016 | |
| Skewb | 3.58 | 6.91 | top 8.2% | 95 / 699 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.31 | top 8.4% | 227 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 10.96 | 13.85 | top 10.4% | 624 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 51.07 | 58.90 | top 26.0% | 499 / 1,078 | |
| Square-1 | 24.09 | 36.41 | top 37.0% | 155 / 323 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.03 | 32.38 | top 39.4% | 491 / 802 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Zhuyuangang Open 2020.
- 15 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2018.
- 7 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018.
- 17 Aug 2018First sub-20 3×3: 15.43 at WCA Asian Championship 2018.
- 17 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at WCA Asian Championship 2018.
- 14 Apr 2018First competition: All is Well 2018. A 24.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhuyuangang Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dream One Cube Open 2019 · 15 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Maoming Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- All is Well Tainan 2019 · 5 May 2019
- Zhuyuangang Open 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018 · 7 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- All is Well 2018 · 14 Apr 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.
- Ho Hsieh (謝合) — met in 81 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Yu-Kai Chen (陳宇楷) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.