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Abel Lu
3×3 · top 22.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024LUAB01
Abel Lu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.45, set at Westview Cubing Favorites 2024, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,426th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2024, he has put 58 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.50 in January 2024 to 14.45, a 30% improvement. Abel 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.45 | 17.38 | top 22.6% | 12,426 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.52 | 6.01 | top 33.2% | 13,429 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.99 | 13.18 | top 52.9% | 15,697 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 58.46 | 1:11.36 | top 83.1% | 12,589 / 15,900 |
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
- 25 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Westview Cubing Favorites 2024.
- 11 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.63 at Triton Tricubealon 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: Poway Cubing Winter 2024. A 20.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Big Cub 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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.
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anders Arnsten — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Jusay — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.45 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.