People · Chinese Taipei
Chao-En Lin (林兆恩)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024LINC07
Chao-En Lin (林兆恩) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2024, he has put 60 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.63 in September 2024 to 8.41, a 57% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.41 | 9.96 | top 3.6% | 203 / 4,213 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.40 | 10.18 | top 31.1% | 430 / 1,016 |
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
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.76 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.59 at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024. A 19.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
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.
- Chi-Lun Hung (洪啟倫) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jui-Hung Liu (劉睿紘) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.