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Chih-Yen Lin (林志諺)

3×3 · top 18.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LINC21

Chih-Yen Lin (林志諺) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.42, set at Zhongshan Open 2026, puts him in the top 18.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,112th in Chinese Taipei. Across 16 competitions since December 2023, he has put 229 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.06 in December 2023 to 13.42, a 30% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.9% of 284,439 all-time
13.42
signature single · Zhongshan Open 2026
229
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×313.4216.51
top 18.9%1,112 / 4,213
4×41:06.49
top 43.4%693 / 1,078
2×26.176.84
top 52.6%1,143 / 1,669
3×3 one-handed33.8841.41
top 55.2%623 / 802
Skewb10.4317.70
top 57.6%493 / 699
5×52:49.59
top 74.4%553 / 639
Pyraminx13.5118.27
top 75.5%852 / 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

Taiwan Championship 2023: 19.06Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024: 14.01Zhongshan Open 2024: 18.70Taipei Summer Open 2024: 16.94Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024: 15.09Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024: 18.11Taiwan Championship 2024: 18.16BQHS Spring Open 2025: 14.53Zhongshan Open 2025: 15.56Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025: 15.45Taipei Summer Open 2025: 15.15Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 15.69Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025: 17.31Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025: 14.46BQHS Spring Open 2026: 16.94Zhongshan Open 2026: 13.4213.4219.068 Dec 20232 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 6.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.