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Brian Lu
2×2 · top 23.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025LUBR01
Brian Lu has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.79, set at Singapore Polytechnic Sprint 2026, puts him in the top 23.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,487th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2025, he has put 68 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.45 in November 2025 to 19.41, a 17% improvement. Brian has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 6.31 | top 23.9% | 9,487 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 19.41 | 21.08 | top 38.4% | 21,990 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.14 | — | top 54.1% | 16,031 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 16.77 | 19.72 | top 54.7% | 4,665 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.31 | — | top 70.9% | 10,321 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 15.89 | — | top 81.0% | 15,711 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 58 moves | 59.33 | top 92.5% | 1,904 / 2,059 | |
| 5×5 | 4:17.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,041 / 9,537 |
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
- 29 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.41 at Singapore Skewby March 2026.
- 30 Nov 2025First competition: Singapore Sprint November 2025. A 23.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NUS Clock Clash 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fewest Moves May Singapore 2026 · 31 May 2026
- Singapore Polytechnic Sprint 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Skewby March 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mid March Singapore 2026 · 15 Mar 2026
- Back to Downtown Singapore 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Sprint November 2025 · 30 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.
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luis Tan Hong Yi (陈宏溢) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Akash Sreedharan (ஆகாஷ் ஸ்ரீதரன்) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 4.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.