People · United States
Kyle Lin
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017LINK02
Kyle Lin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2018, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,432nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2017, he has put 81 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.18 in August 2017 to 8.78, a 60% improvement. Kyle 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 | 8.78 | 12.00 | top 4.4% | 2,432 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.50 | 7.13 | top 45.3% | 18,305 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,906 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 12,404 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 23,019 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 18.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,903 / 18,907 |
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
- 15 Jun 2018First sub-20 3×3: 8.78 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2018.
- 15 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 8.78 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2018.
- 15 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.78 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2018.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Nisei Week 2017. A 22.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025
- UCLA Spring 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2018 · 15 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Dickman — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.