People · China
Linzhen Chen
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025CHEN67
Linzhen Chen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.06, set at Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 509th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2025, he has put 174 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.38 in April 2025 to 7.06, a 16% improvement. Linzhen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.06 | 9.33 | top 1.4% | 509 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 32.20 | 38.37 | top 4.4% | 439 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.13 | 19.68 | top 13.0% | 1,310 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.02 | 12.93 | top 36.4% | 3,983 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.00 | 2:21.30 | top 46.8% | 2,043 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 6.35 | 8.94 | top 54.5% | 9,352 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 36.20 | 41.31 | top 90.7% | 1,798 / 1,887 | |
| Skewb | 23.55 | 37.09 | top 93.7% | 4,660 / 5,030 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: NSW State Championship 2025. A 9.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Thirroul Beachside Twist 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Parramatta 2026 · 23 May 2026
- NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Sydney 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- James Kirschner — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kittatam Saisaard — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Archimedes Dines — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.