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Lin Chen (陈琳)

2×2 · top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017CHEL01

Lin Chen (陈琳) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.64, set at Hangzhou Spring 2018, puts her in the top 10.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,571st in China. Across 4 competitions since June 2017, she has put 80 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.11 in June 2017 to 11.07, a 48% improvement. Lin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.64
signature single · Hangzhou Spring 2018
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.644.16
top 10.3%1,571 / 15,796
3×311.0712.51
top 10.7%4,175 / 28,153
Pyraminx6.157.87
top 21.1%2,414 / 10,224
Skewb6.357.51
top 28.5%1,758 / 5,004

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

ZUST Open 2017: 21.11HDU Open 2017: 13.20Hangzhou Spring 2018: 15.20Hangzhou Open 2026: 11.0711.0721.1110 Jun 201723 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as she improves.