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Hans Lin

2×2 · top 0.031% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LINH02

Hans Lin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.58, set at NSW State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.031% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Australia. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,406 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.74 in April 2018 to 6.32, an 81% improvement. Hans has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.031% of 186,767 all-time
0.58
signature single · NSW State Championship 2025
1,406
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.581.89
top 0.031%6 / 8,567
3×3 blindfolded15.3520.19
top 0.23%2 / 394
3×36.327.55
top 0.7%73 / 11,709
Pyraminx1.873.24
top 0.93%50 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed10.9513.50
top 1.8%46 / 2,659
4×428.2932.78
top 1.9%49 / 3,051
3×3 Multi-Blind23 of 23 cubes · 55:12—
top 3.1%8 / 180
4×4 blindfolded2:07.87—
top 3.4%7 / 96
Clock4.665.51
top 3.6%50 / 1,095
Skewb2.975.12
top 4.8%152 / 3,534
5×559.411:07.19
top 5.2%69 / 1,356
Square-110.1713.45
top 6.4%65 / 899
Megaminx1:03.821:08.88
top 12.0%152 / 1,277
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.00
top 12.2%56 / 468
6×62:08.002:17.78
top 14.5%85 / 641
5×5 blindfolded8:18.91—
top 14.9%8 / 51
7×73:42.543:52.20
top 24.4%109 / 523

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

Canberra Autumn 2018: 32.74Koalafication Sydney 2019: 16.68Fortitude Sydney 2019: 11.45Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 10.36Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021: 9.08Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 8.19NSW Open 2022: 8.06Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 9.13Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 8.76Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 7.93Marrickville Mini May Open 2023: 8.81Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 7.48Cubing at The Cube 2024: 6.89Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 7.78Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 7.62Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 6.65Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024: 7.21Cubing at The Cube 2025: 7.84NSW State Championship 2025: 6.89Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 7.60Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025: 6.90Cubing at The Cube 2026: 6.75Melbourne Summer 2026: 7.25NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 6.62Australian Nationals 2026: 6.32Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026: 6.716.3232.7421 Apr 201829 Aug 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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.