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Brennen Lin

3×3 · top 0.021% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LINB01

Brennen Lin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.14, set at Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023, puts him in the top 0.021% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Canada. Until November 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 79 competitions since April 2016, he has put 3,563 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.64 in April 2016 to 4.14, a 72% improvement. Brennen has entered 79 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.021% of 284,439 all-time
4.14
signature single · Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023
3,563
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×34.145.63
top 0.021%2 / 10,392
2×20.611.26
top 0.047%5 / 7,173
4×423.8628.48
top 0.47%13 / 3,118
Skewb1.553.38
top 0.51%7 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed9.5611.60
top 0.78%19 / 2,620
Pyraminx2.274.52
top 1.6%60 / 4,858
5×551.3258.06
top 2.1%21 / 1,499
Square-110.2413.59
top 6.5%46 / 952
Megaminx58.421:04.98
top 9.2%84 / 1,375
6×62:04.982:17.02
top 13.2%59 / 665
Clock8.8110.57
top 19.0%158 / 1,029
7×73:56.934:15.46
top 29.5%121 / 503
3×3 blindfolded4:41.12—
early days — 1 solve267 / 351

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

Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 14.64Newmarket Open 2016: 12.51Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 10.58Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 9.64Montreal Open Winter 2017: 9.85London Limited Spring 2017: 9.81National Capital Region 2017: 9.15Newmarket Open 2017: 8.87CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.35Battle of Waterloo 2017: 8.49Pickering 2017: 9.39Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 8.50Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 8.98Pickering Spring 2018: 7.88Upstate Cubing 2018: 7.79Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 8.52National Capital Region 2018: 7.53Newmarket Open 2018: 8.56Battle of Waterloo 2018: 8.85Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 8.29Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 7.46Ajax Winter 2019: 7.21Return to Toronto 2019: 8.388 Wing Limited 2019: 7.54Upstate Cubing 2019: 8.79National Capital Region 2019: 6.02Newmarket Open 2019: 5.57Canadian Championship 2019: 7.43CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.71Michigan 2019: 6.68Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 7.14Battle of Waterloo 2019: 6.95Canandaigua Winter 2020: 7.19Leap to Barrie 2020: 6.41Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 6.04Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 5.42Port Huron Speedcubing 2022: 5.97Oshawa Favourites 2022: 6.25Open de Montréal 2022: 6.103x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022: 6.28Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 5.99Lake Erie Showdown 2022: 4.83Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 5.89Battle of Waterloo 2022: 4.81Richmond Hill 2022: 5.98Ajax NxNxN 2022: 5.23Oakville Fall A 2022: 5.12Appleby Winter A 2023: 4.50Waterloo Favourites A 2023: 5.72London Winter B 2023: 5.95Pickering B 2023: 5.28Newmarket Favourites 2023: 6.32Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 5.36National Capital Region A 2023: 4.93Guelph 2023: 5.76Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023: 4.14Canadian Championship 2023: 5.98CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 4.72Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 4.47Rubik's x Speedcubing Canada All-Stars 2023: 5.56Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 4.95Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023: 4.97Kingston Winter 2024: 5.62Greater Toronto 2024: 5.40Battle of Waterloo 2024: 5.56Appleby Summer 2024: 4.92Rubik's North America All-Stars 2024: 5.80Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 5.58Ontario Championship 2024: 5.87Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024: 4.75Pickering Favourites Spring 2025: 5.36Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.53Championnat Canadien 2025: 5.56Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 4.82Waterloo Spring 2026: 5.70Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.174.1414.6430 Apr 20162 Jul 2026

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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.