Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Sophia Lin

People · United States

Sophia Lin

3×3 · top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013LINS01

Sophia Lin has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.08, set at Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013, puts her in the top 10.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,806th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2013, she has put 56 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.11 in July 2013 to 11.08, a 15% improvement. Sophia has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.08
signature single · Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.0813.05
top 10.7%5,806 / 59,724
2×24.946.72
top 38.6%15,463 / 40,951
4×41:05.551:11.21
top 42.4%6,961 / 19,072
Pyraminx9.0114.63
top 44.9%12,923 / 28,708
Megaminx2:47.48
early days — 2 solves5,328 / 7,841
5×53:35.42
early days — 1 solve8,150 / 9,401
Square-11:16.51
early days — 2 solves6,220 / 6,743

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 13.11Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 11.0811.0813.1126 Jul 20139 Nov 2013

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as she improves.