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Ting-Xian Lin (林廷縣)

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011LINJ04

Ting-Xian Lin (林廷縣) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.89, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 275th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 62 competitions since August 2011, he has put 1,982 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.98 in August 2011 to 8.89, a 60% improvement. He has entered 62 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.89
signature single · Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025
1,982
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×38.8911.07
top 4.6%275 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed14.8616.28
top 7.9%108 / 802
2×22.454.60
top 8.4%227 / 1,669
4×438.9744.63
top 10.9%251 / 1,078
5×51:13.381:19.45
top 14.1%204 / 639
Pyraminx5.878.68
top 19.0%290 / 1,016
Megaminx1:16.781:30.91
top 19.8%114 / 362
6×62:32.882:46.85
top 27.1%137 / 292
7×73:58.843:59.37
top 30.3%128 / 252
Clock11.7214.05
top 33.6%153 / 366
Skewb7.4211.07
top 36.9%344 / 699
Square-132.6140.68
top 54.4%210 / 323
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves45.00
top 59.0%126 / 204
3×3 blindfolded4:37.774:38.58
top 75.8%125 / 147

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

Taiwan Summer 2011: 21.98Taiwan Winter 2012: 14.90Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 13.70Magic Revenge 2012: 14.83Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 12.43Hsinchu Winter Open 2013: 12.75Hsinchu Spring Open 2014: 10.93Mingdao Cube Carnival 2014: 12.52Taiwan Summer Open 2014: 12.22Magic Revenge 2015: 11.13Taiwan Championship 2017: 12.37Maru X 2018: 13.02Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018: 10.98Taipei Peace Open 2019: 12.24HCHS 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.28Maru Cube Day 2019: 11.18Matsu Open 2019: 12.05Dream One Cube Open 2019: 11.09Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019: 11.59Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019: 11.32Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 10.67Taiwan Championship 2019: 12.06Zhuyuangang Open 2020: 11.32Taiwan Championship 2020: 10.15Maru Cube Day 2021: 11.46Taiwan Open 2022: 10.03Pingtung Summer Open 2022: 10.80Yunlin Winter Open 2022: 10.52Taichung Open 2023: 10.21Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 9.67Maru Cube Day 2023: 10.01Pingtung Summer Open 2023: 10.50Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 10.99Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023: 10.30Taiwan Championship 2023: 9.45Taichung Open 2024: 10.53Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024: 11.43Taipei Summer Open 2024: 11.30Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 9.73Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024: 10.57Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024: 10.85Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024: 11.88Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 10.43Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024: 9.32Taiwan Championship 2024: 9.87BQHS Spring Open 2025: 9.30Zhongshan Open 2025: 10.65Taipei Summer Open 2025: 9.94Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 11.81Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025: 10.70Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025: 9.40Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025: 11.29Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025: 8.89Taiwan Championship 2025: 9.86Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025: 9.95Zhongshan Open 2026: 10.59Taipei Cube Open 2026: 10.13Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: 10.56Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026: 11.52Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026: 10.448.8921.9821 Aug 201130 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.