People · United States
Tobias Lin
Skewb · top 9.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025LINT05
Tobias Lin has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.76, set at Yuba City Spring 2026, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,429th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2025, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.86 in June 2025 to 11.84, a 34% improvement. Tobias has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.76 | 7.63 | top 9.3% | 1,429 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 11.84 | 14.23 | top 13.3% | 7,155 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.45 | 1:13.72 | top 43.4% | 7,145 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 5.47 | 6.27 | top 45.0% | 18,153 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 17.16 | 18.38 | top 56.0% | 4,649 / 8,927 |
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
- 28 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.13 at SacCubing XXI 2025.
- 25 Jun 2025First competition: West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025. A 17.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yuba City Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025 · 25 Jun 2025
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.