People · China
Yuxuan Lin (林宇轩)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LINY04
Yuxuan Lin (林宇轩) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at Foshan Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 527th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2016, he has put 251 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.07 in August 2016 to 7.13, a 73% improvement. Yuxuan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.13 | 8.76 | top 1.5% | 527 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 29.48 | 32.86 | top 2.5% | 246 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.29 | 15.66 | top 3.4% | 299 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.34 | top 7.4% | 1,059 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.24 | 1:14.11 | top 9.1% | 439 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.14 | 7.79 | top 21.0% | 2,407 / 10,224 |
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
- 7 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2024.
- 28 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024.
- 28 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024.
- 1 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.61 at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 14 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.72 at Xiamen Open 2017.
- 7 Aug 2016First competition: Shantou Open 2016. A 26.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dongguan Summer 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2017 · 14 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhangzhou Spring 2017 · 9 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.