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Charlie Lu

2×2 · top 41.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LUCH02

Charlie Lu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.15, set at Westview Cubing Favorites 2024, puts him in the top 41.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,553rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2023, he has put 31 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.16 in December 2023 to 22.08, a 12% improvement. Charlie has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 41.2% of 186,767 all-time
5.15
signature single · Westview Cubing Favorites 2024
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.157.66
top 41.2%16,553 / 40,951
3×322.0826.45
top 45.6%26,332 / 59,724
4×41:37.59
early days — 2 solves12,322 / 19,072

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

UCSD Winter 2023: 25.16Temecula Valley Spring 2024: 22.08Westview Cubing Favorites 2024: 22.3222.0825.1616 Dec 202325 May 2024

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

The story so far

  • 16 Dec 2023First competition: UCSD Winter 2023. A 25.16 3×3 single to start from.

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.