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Tai-Ming Lin (林泰銘)

2×2 · top 17.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LINT03

Tai-Ming Lin (林泰銘) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Maru Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in Chinese Taipei. Across 7 competitions since November 2022, he has put 123 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.32 in November 2022 to 14.20, a 42% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.27
signature single · Maru Cube Day 2023
123
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
2×23.275.34
top 17.4%450 / 1,669
3×314.2016.14
top 21.7%1,259 / 4,213
Pyraminx7.699.49
top 33.6%461 / 1,016
4×41:01.84
top 38.5%637 / 1,078
3×3 one-handed45.48
early days — 2 solves728 / 802
Skewb13.4116.81
top 72.4%582 / 699
5×53:09.45
early days — 2 solves579 / 639
Clock30.71
early days — 2 solves322 / 366

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

Yunlin Winter Open 2022: 24.32Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 19.88Maru Cube Day 2023: 18.16Taichung Open 2024: 17.03Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 16.90Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025: 14.20Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: 15.1314.2024.3220 Nov 202225 Jul 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.