People · Chinese Taipei
Yu-Lin Chen (陳昱霖)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEY27
Yu-Lin Chen (陳昱霖) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.08, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 169th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2025, he has put 78 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.84 in November 2025 to 8.08, a 65% 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 | 8.08 | 10.25 | top 2.9% | 169 / 4,369 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.39 | top 5.6% | 150 / 1,671 | |
| Skewb | 9.13 | 14.13 | top 49.4% | 431 / 700 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.85 | 16.20 | top 77.2% | 865 / 1,017 |
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
- 30 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.08 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026.
- 28 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025.
- 14 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.54 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025. A 22.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Hualien 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025 · 22 Nov 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.
- Yueh Li (李悅) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.