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Li-Chen Lin (林立宸)

3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021LINL02

Li-Chen Lin (林立宸) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.77, set at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Chinese Taipei. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since December 2021, he has put 629 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.54 in December 2021 to 5.77, a 32% improvement. He has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time
5.77
signature single · Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024
629
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×35.778.03
top 0.36%15 / 4,213
3×3 blindfolded19.0825.19
top 1.1%3 / 147
4×427.9731.24
top 1.8%47 / 1,078
3×3 one-handed12.7216.44
top 4.0%50 / 802
5×5 blindfolded5:08.00—
top 4.7%2 / 13
2×22.213.83
top 6.3%168 / 1,669
3×3 Multi-Blind23 of 30 cubes · 59:32—
early days — 3 solves3 / 54
4×4 blindfolded3:36.66—
early days — 3 solves5 / 24

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

Maru Cube Day 2021: 8.54CK Cubing Party 2022: 8.34Chiayi Open 2022: 7.08Maru Cube Day 2022: 8.76CK Cubing Party 2023: 7.50Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 6.93Maru Cube Day 2023: 7.67Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 7.50Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023: 7.44Taiwan Championship 2023: 7.72Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024: 5.77HCHS Winter Open 2024: 7.87Taichung Open 2024: 7.68Zhongshan Open 2024: 8.17Taipei Summer Open 2024: 7.82Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 7.86Hsinchu Summer Open 2024: 7.61Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024: 6.58Taiwan Championship 2024: 7.24Taipei Summer Open 2025: 8.35Hsinchu Summer Open 2025: 6.90Korean Championship 2025: 6.99Taipei Cube Open 2026: 8.505.778.7611 Dec 202127 Jun 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 4.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.