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Lin Chen (陈霖)

3×3 one-handed · top 0.15% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010CHEN20

Lin Chen (陈霖) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 7.66, set at Hangzhou Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in China. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since May 2010, he has put 2,329 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.08 in May 2010 to 6.09, a 62% improvement. Lin has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.15% of 73,695 all-time
7.66
signature single · Hangzhou Autumn 2019
2,329
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed7.6611.51
top 0.15%10 / 5,922
3×36.097.56
top 0.54%201 / 28,153
7×72:15.582:28.17
top 1.8%28 / 1,261
2×21.413.02
top 1.8%206 / 15,796
6×61:29.881:39.10
top 1.9%34 / 1,349
5×557.511:02.61
top 4.3%209 / 2,816
4×434.8237.81
top 6.5%656 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded1:20.781:46.45
top 19.8%273 / 1,183
Square-117.2827.88
top 21.6%349 / 1,362
Skewb6.378.41
top 28.7%1,769 / 5,004
Megaminx1:32.502:01.49
top 29.8%893 / 1,678
Pyraminx9.9617.28
top 52.7%5,513 / 10,224

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

Henan Open 2010: 16.08Shanghai Open 2010: 11.13Xiamen Open 2011: 10.46Hangzhou Open 2011: 10.44Suzhou Open 2011: 9.77Shanghai Port Open 2011: 9.46Hefei Spring 2012: 9.56Shanghai Summer 2012: 9.28Qingdao Open 2012: 9.84Guiyang Open 2012: 9.66Hangzhou Open 2012: 8.71Suzhou Open 2012: 8.80Zhejiang University 2013: 8.98Shanghai Maritime Open 2013: 9.26Hefei Open 2013: 9.32Shanghai Summer 2013: 8.75Shanghai Spring 2014: 9.12Hefei Spring 2014: 9.20Zhejiang University Open 2014: 9.83Suzhou Open 2014: 10.01Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 9.04Hangzhou Winter Open 2014: 9.10Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014: 8.23Fuzhou Open 2015: 8.59Nanchang Open 2015: 8.31Shanghai Summer Open 2015: 9.08China Championship 2015: 7.80Korean KAIST Style 2015: 8.14Shanghai Spring 2016: 7.90Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 7.98Nanjing Spring 2016: 9.01Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 7.25Suzhou Open 2016: 8.89Chongqing Open 2016: 8.60Jinhua Open 2016: 7.50Yangzhou Open 2016: 7.90Asian Championship 2016: 7.37Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 7.27Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 7.88Shanghai Spring 2017: 8.52Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 7.20Nanjing Spring 2017: 7.23Beijing Open 2017: 8.47Yangzhou Open 2017: 8.42HDU Open 2017: 8.22Hangzhou Spring 2018: 7.78Kunshan Open 2018: 6.09Hangzhou Open 2018: 6.76Kunshan Open 2019: 6.56China Championship 2019: 7.02Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 7.42Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.59Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 7.88Hangzhou Winter 2025: 7.05Xianju Special 2026: 7.15Hangzhou Open 2026: 6.266.0916.082 May 201023 May 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-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.