People · Chinese Taipei
Shih-Chu Lin (林祏玖)
3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023LINS04
Shih-Chu Lin (林祏玖) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.79, set at HCHS Winter Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 264th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 168 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.69 in September 2023 to 8.79, a 25% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.79 | 10.05 | top 4.4% | 264 / 4,369 | |
| 4×4 | 32.24 | 40.04 | top 4.4% | 116 / 1,079 | |
| Skewb | 2.98 | 6.77 | top 4.9% | 46 / 700 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.88 | 19.26 | top 10.0% | 139 / 805 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 4.44 | top 22.1% | 546 / 1,671 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.14 | 1:42.73 | top 30.0% | 334 / 640 | |
| Clock | 11.24 | 13.19 | top 31.2% | 140 / 370 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.77 | 9.41 | top 34.3% | 471 / 1,017 |
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
- 25 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at HCHS Winter Open 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open 2023. A 11.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Taichung Open 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- HCHS Winter Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Chou (周禹) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Chen-Ze Wang (王臣擇) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.