People · Chinese Taipei
Yu-Lin Chen (陳昱霖)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEY27
Yu-Lin Chen (陳昱霖) has been competing for 9 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.84 in November 2025 to 8.08, a 65% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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% | 166 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.39 | top 5.6% | 150 / 1,669 | |
| Skewb | 9.13 | 14.13 | top 49.3% | 431 / 699 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.85 | 16.20 | top 77.1% | 865 / 1,016 |
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 - 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.
- Chen-Rui Yu (余晨睿) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yueh Li (李悅) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.