People · Chinese Taipei
Yen-Ting Lin (林彥廷)
2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012LINY01
Yen-Ting Lin (林彥廷) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Maru Cube for Kids Day 2014, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2012, he has put 175 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.18 in March 2013 to 1.72, a 46% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 1.72 | 3.40 | top 3.2% | 75 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.78 | 22.16 | top 7.7% | 106 / 802 | |
| 3×3 | 13.07 | 15.28 | top 17.7% | 1,050 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.77 | 1:06.49 | top 37.3% | 617 / 1,078 | |
| Skewb | 10.53 | 18.78 | top 58.2% | 496 / 699 | |
| Square-1 | 43.65 | 53.47 | top 69.6% | 251 / 323 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Oct 2013Four personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Open 2013.
- 30 Mar 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at MARU Cube for kid Day 2013.
- 25 Aug 2012First competition: Taiwan Summer Open 2012. A 17.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiwan Cubing League - Kaohsiung 2015 · 26 Dec 2015
- Kaohsiung Summer Open 2014 · 5 Jul 2014
- Maru Cube for Kids Day 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Open 2013 · 26 Oct 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- MARU Cube for kid Day 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012
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.
- Lee Chiang (蔣礪) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.