People · Chinese Taipei
Cheng-Wei Lin (林政鍏)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019LINC01
Cheng-Wei Lin (林政鍏) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.05, set at Maru Cube Day 2022, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 164th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2019, he has put 161 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.14 in March 2019 to 8.05, a 39% 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 | 8.05 | 9.65 | top 2.9% | 164 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 36.37 | 40.81 | top 8.0% | 198 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.38 | top 8.4% | 227 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.19 | 20.97 | top 10.7% | 152 / 802 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.82 | 1:24.64 | top 15.9% | 221 / 639 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.09 | 9.69 | top 28.6% | 401 / 1,016 | |
| Skewb | 8.73 | 9.81 | top 46.6% | 422 / 699 |
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
- 3 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Zhuyuangang Open 2020.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Zhuyuangang Open 2020.
- 16 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First competition: Zhuyuangang Open 2019. A 13.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhuyuangang Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- All is Well Tainan 2019 · 5 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuyuangang Open 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.