People · Chinese Taipei
Chao-En Lin (林兆恩)
3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 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 7.36, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2024, he has put 70 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.63 in September 2024 to 7.36, a 63% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.36 | 9.36 | top 1.8% | 103 / 4,369 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.40 | 10.18 | top 31.2% | 431 / 1,017 |
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 - Kaohsiung 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 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 14 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jui-Hung Liu (劉睿紘) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.