People · Chinese Taipei
Tzu-Yu Lin (林子煜)
3×3 · top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019LINT04
Tzu-Yu Lin (林子煜) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.74, set at Taipei Summer Open 2025, puts him in the top 16.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 992nd in Chinese Taipei. Across 7 competitions since September 2019, he has put 65 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.83 in September 2019 to 12.74, a 47% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 12.74 | 14.62 | top 16.5% | 992 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.94 | 24.22 | top 23.1% | 298 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 4.54 | 5.70 | top 33.4% | 800 / 1,669 |
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 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 11 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.71 at Taichung Open 2023.
- 26 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.93 at Lanyang Open 2019.
- 26 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lanyang Open 2019.
- 15 Sep 2019First competition: Dream One Cube Open 2019. A 23.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Taichung Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020
- Lanyang Open 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dream One Cube Open 2019 · 15 Sep 2019
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 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.