People · United States
Charles Lin
3×3 · top 96.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LINC02
Charles Lin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:15.84, set at UMBC Fall 2025, puts him in the top 96.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58,099th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 40 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 30% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:22.60 in April 2017 to 1:15.84, a 47% improvement. Charles has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 1:15.84 | 1:24.19 | top 96.1% | 58,099 / 59,724 |
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
- 2 Apr 2017First competition: Slow N Steady Spring 2017. A 2:22.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
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.
- Daniel Greigg — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liam Chen — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sameer Chawla — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 15.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.