People · United States
Layton Lin
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022LINL01
Layton Lin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at One-Handed Open NY 2025, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,360th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2022, he has put 110 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.67 in June 2022 to 10.80, a 26% improvement. Layton 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.80 | 11.65 | top 9.9% | 5,360 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.20 | 28.55 | top 29.3% | 3,791 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.51 | 6.18 | top 33.0% | 13,137 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.60 | 12.93 | top 64.7% | 19,096 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 24.65 | 27.22 | top 76.1% | 6,662 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 15.25 | 21.43 | top 79.1% | 15,130 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:24.50 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,245 / 19,072 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at One-Handed Open NY 2025.
- 4 Jun 2022First competition: ROC the Cube 2022. A 14.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- One-Handed Open NY 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Blizzard Blitz NY 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- A Buffalo Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2022 · 4 Jun 2022
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.
- Edgar Miranda — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Evan Waters — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Owen Lowicki — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.