People · Chinese Taipei
Tse-Kan Lin (林哲侃)
2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2008 · 2008LINT01
Tse-Kan Lin (林哲侃) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Taiwan Summer Open 2010, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2008, he has put 506 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.78 in July 2008 to 10.05, a 46% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.63 | 3.06 | top 2.7% | 60 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 10.05 | 12.59 | top 7.6% | 448 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 46.22 | — | top 8.6% | 12 / 147 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.96 | 18.40 | top 10.1% | 143 / 802 | |
| Square-1 | 14.15 | 18.99 | top 14.4% | 68 / 323 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.36 | 6.40 | top 15.5% | 240 / 1,016 | |
| 4×4 | 48.93 | 54.93 | top 23.4% | 469 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | top 23.4% | 52 / 204 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.27 | 1:39.70 | top 27.7% | 163 / 362 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.36 | 1:54.77 | top 42.1% | 407 / 639 | |
| 7×7 | 6:27.66 | 7:28.71 | early days — 3 solves | 216 / 252 | |
| Clock | 25.09 | 36.72 | top 76.9% | 301 / 366 | |
| 6×6 | 4:50.66 | 5:07.52 | early days — 3 solves | 268 / 292 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jun 2011Three personal bests in one day at Cubik Box Cup 2011.
- 11 Apr 2010Six personal bests in one day at Taiwan Spring Open 2010.
- 6 Feb 2010Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Winter Open 2010.
- 22 Aug 2009Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Summer Open 2009.
- 31 May 2009Five personal bests in one day at Taiwan Spring Open 2009.
- 8 Feb 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Taiwan Winter Open 2009.
Competitions
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
- Magic Revenge 2012 · 30 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012
- Taipei Open 2011 · 8 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Cubik Box Cup 2011 · 4 Jun 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Autumn Open 2010 · 5 Dec 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2010 · 11 Apr 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2010 · 6 Feb 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Taipei Pyraminx Competition 2009 · 26 Jul 2009
- Taiwan Spring Open 2009 · 31 May 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2009 · 8 Feb 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2008 · 13 Jul 2008
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.
- Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Chia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Che-Ting Chu (朱哲廷) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.