People · Chinese Taipei
Chih-Jia Lin (林志嘉)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.98% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020LINC05
Chih-Jia Lin (林志嘉) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.89, set at Taipei Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Chinese Taipei. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2020, he has put 273 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.35 in December 2020 to 8.57, a 17% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 one-handed | 9.89 | 13.42 | top 0.98% | 13 / 802 | |
| 3×3 | 8.57 | 10.02 | top 3.9% | 225 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 32.89 | 36.99 | top 4.9% | 129 / 1,078 | |
| Skewb | 3.18 | 6.18 | top 5.9% | 63 / 699 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.46 | 1:10.68 | top 8.0% | 134 / 639 | |
| Clock | 10.68 | 14.30 | top 28.5% | 124 / 366 | |
| Square-1 | 21.23 | 27.85 | top 30.7% | 135 / 323 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:56.53 | — | top 32.4% | 45 / 147 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.69 | 12.36 | top 33.6% | 461 / 1,016 | |
| 2×2 | 4.93 | 5.96 | top 38.4% | 888 / 1,669 | |
| 7×7 | 4:36.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 161 / 252 | |
| 6×6 | 3:05.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 194 / 292 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 13:34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 40 / 54 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Cube Open 2026.
- 16 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2022.
- 29 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at CK Cubing Party 2022.
- 14 Jan 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.57 at Taiwan Open 2022.
- 14 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Open 2022.
- 18 Dec 2020First competition: Taiwan Championship 2020. A 10.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taipei Cube Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei PBQ Open 2026 · 26 Jun 2026
- Please Don't DNF Kaohsiung 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CK Cubing Party 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CK Cubing Party 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Taipei 2021 · 19 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020
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 58 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Shih-Hao Wang (王士豪) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.