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William Lin

3×3 · top 24.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023LINW01

William Lin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.90, set at Miami Skewbed 2024, puts him in the top 24.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,088th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2023, he has put 100 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.45 in April 2023 to 14.90, a 23% improvement. William has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.1% of 284,439 all-time
14.90
signature single · Miami Skewbed 2024
100
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.9018.02
top 24.1%13,088 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.2016.92
top 29.5%8,174 / 28,708
2×24.366.97
top 31.1%12,385 / 40,951
Skewb8.5218.13
top 45.1%7,949 / 18,907
Clock24.4027.55
top 75.6%6,611 / 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

FSUbers 4.0 2023: 19.45Cubing Knights IV 2023: 16.69Miami Spring 2024: 15.30Miami Skewbed 2024: 14.90Thrice as Nice Miami 2025: 17.1014.9019.4529 Apr 202314 Dec 2025

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.90 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.