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Brandon Lin
3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LINB02
Brandon Lin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.09, set at Davis Fall 2025, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,824th in the United States. Across 31 competitions since January 2023, he has put 517 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.81 in January 2023 to 11.09, a 47% improvement. Brandon has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.09 | 15.56 | top 10.8% | 5,824 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.23 | 4.69 | top 17.0% | 6,642 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.29 | 14.25 | top 28.0% | 4,577 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.71 | 31.71 | top 38.6% | 5,133 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.21 | 11.01 | top 46.7% | 13,430 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:02.61 | — | top 53.2% | 1,128 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.17 | — | top 55.2% | 9,455 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 3:39.06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,857 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 4:31.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,016 / 9,401 |
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
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XVII 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XVI 2024.
- 12 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.86 at Berkeley Spring 2023.
- 12 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.95 at Berkeley Spring 2023.
- 12 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Spring 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: SacCubing XIII 2023. A 20.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Winter Weeknight 2026 · 26 Feb 2026
- Don't DNF Davis 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Weeknight February 2025 · 7 Feb 2025
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- SacCubing XVII 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Berkeley Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- Berkeley Weekday in Spring 2024 · 12 Mar 2024
- BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Davis Winter 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVI 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Folsom Winter 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Claws Up Winter 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIV 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Bothell Spring Open 2023 · 17 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIII 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
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.
- David Karalli (داود قراعلي) — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 90 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.