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Lim Zhe Hsien (林哲贤)

3×3 blindfolded · top 1.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023HSIE09

Lim Zhe Hsien (林哲贤) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 21.08, set at Singapore Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Singapore. Until October 2015, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2023, he has put 75 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 4:04.03 in November 2023 to 21.08, a 91% improvement. Lim has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 1.7% of 12,178 all-time
21.08
signature single · Singapore Championship 2026
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSingapore
3×3 blindfolded21.0829.37
top 1.7%3 / 81
3×311.3813.97
top 11.7%295 / 1,546
4×446.8751.71
top 20.6%166 / 462
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 12 cubes · 53:23
early days — 1 solve9 / 35
3×3 one-handed21.9225.99
top 25.8%182 / 460
4×4 blindfolded6:15.80
early days — 1 solve8 / 17
5×5 blindfolded20:11.00
early days — 2 solves8 / 11
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves
early days — 1 solve87 / 94

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

No Noise November Singapore 2023: 4:04.03Cool Down Singapore 2024: 1:43.12Singapore NxNxN 2024: 1:08.30Singapore Championship 2025: 46.94Please Be Quiet Singapore August 2025: 35.45Don't DNF December Singapore 2025: 29.99Singapore Championship 2026: 21.0821.084:04.0319 Nov 202320 Feb 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. 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-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.