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Yan-Bo Lien (連彥博)

3×3 · top 15.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019LIEN02

Yan-Bo Lien (連彥博) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.31, set at Taiwan Championship 2019, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 892nd in Chinese Taipei. Across 3 competitions since May 2019, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.18 in May 2019 to 12.31, a 13% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.31
signature single · Taiwan Championship 2019
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×312.3114.70
top 15.0%892 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed21.1922.46
top 23.8%307 / 802
4×452.5659.23
top 27.8%515 / 1,078
2×24.155.10
top 28.4%692 / 1,669

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

Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019: 14.18Taiwan Championship 2019: 12.31Taiwan Open 2022: 13.3212.3114.1826 May 201914 Jan 2022

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 0.31 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.