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Bochang Lu (卢伯畅)

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018LUBO01

Bochang Lu (卢伯畅) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.17, set at Stevenage May 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 548th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2018, he has put 297 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.05 in October 2018 to 7.17, a 78% improvement. Bochang has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.17
signature single · Stevenage May 2026
297
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.178.85
top 1.5%548 / 28,153
5×553.861:05.44
top 3.0%132 / 2,816
4×434.3636.22
top 6.2%621 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed14.5917.51
top 7.3%701 / 5,922
7×72:59.673:04.34
top 10.5%212 / 1,261
2×22.684.11
top 10.7%1,634 / 15,796
6×62:11.652:18.38
early days — 3 solves355 / 1,349
Megaminx1:10.961:28.18
top 16.2%482 / 1,678
Skewb6.848.36
top 32.4%1,979 / 5,004
Pyraminx7.9310.40
top 35.6%3,880 / 10,224
Clock14.19
early days — 3 solves1,050 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded4:15.93
early days — 1 solve976 / 1,183

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

UK Championship 2018: 32.05Cambridge Open 2018: 21.53Dalian Spring 2019: 13.84UK Championship 2019: 10.76Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 9.86Norwich Summer 2023: 8.69Stevenage March 2025: 8.30Stevenage October 2025: 8.33Stevenage March 2026: 7.54Stevenage May 2026: 7.177.1732.0526 Oct 20189 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 3.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.