People · Chinese Taipei
Zheng-Wei Lin (林政衛)
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023LINZ02
Zheng-Wei Lin (林政衛) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 496th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 135 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in September 2023 to 10.22, a 35% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.22 | 11.44 | top 8.1% | 496 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.41 | 23.55 | top 21.6% | 276 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 49.36 | 53.54 | top 23.9% | 475 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 4.86 | 5.92 | top 37.5% | 869 / 1,669 | |
| Clock | 15.48 | 18.72 | top 49.9% | 218 / 366 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.16 | 12.25 | top 54.3% | 657 / 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
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pingtung Winter Open 2025.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.26 at Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open 2023. A 15.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 · 25 May 2025
- BQHS Spring Open 2025 · 13 Apr 2025
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
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.
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.