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Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維)

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007LUCH01

Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.62, set at Armin Open 2017, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since August 2007, he has put 2,527 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.52 in August 2007 to 7.62, a 54% improvement. He has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.62
signature single · Armin Open 2017
2,527
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×37.629.70
top 2.2%125 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed12.4614.27
top 3.6%41 / 802
2×21.833.89
top 3.7%93 / 1,669
4×433.6236.50
top 5.5%141 / 1,078
5×51:07.281:20.94
top 9.8%154 / 639
Pyraminx4.617.80
top 10.9%173 / 1,016
Clock8.6811.44
top 18.4%76 / 366
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves38.00
top 33.6%71 / 204
Megaminx1:40.001:52.15
top 34.6%194 / 362
3×3 blindfolded2:19.693:24.21
top 39.9%58 / 147
Square-132.4045.99
top 54.0%208 / 323
Skewb12.1615.64
top 66.8%551 / 699
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:55—
top 69.0%36 / 54

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

Philippines Open 2007: 16.52Diliman Open 2008: 16.59Cebu Open 2008: 13.13Philippines Open 2008: 12.88Bulacan Open 2009: 10.86Philippines Open 2009: 11.05Cubing sa Tag-Init 2010: 11.52Philippines Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 11.00Cube Ta Bai 2011: 10.30GRCC Valenzuela Summer 2011: 10.06Robinsons Metro East Open 2011: 9.63Stanford Fall 2011: 10.78Caltech Fall 2011: 9.56Berkeley Fall 2011: 8.83Caltech Winter 2012: 8.25EPGY Stanford Winter 2012: 9.52Berkeley Spring 2012: 10.28Cal Day 2012: 9.66Stanford Spring 2012: 9.84Fiesta Open 2012: 10.21United States National Championships 2012: 10.59Berkeley Fall 2012: 9.40Stanford Fall 2012: 9.96Berkeley Autumn 2012: 10.41Magic Revenge 2012: 9.56Berkeley Winter 2013: 10.49Berkeley Spring 2013: 9.91SNES Open 2013: 8.28World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 9.86Berkeley Summer 2013: 9.11Nisei Week 2013: 8.41Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 9.40Hsinchu Winter Open 2013: 7.68Berkeley Winter 2014: 8.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 10.28Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 9.56Berkeley Spring 2014: 9.55San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 9.09BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 8.17US Nationals 2014: 9.30Nisei Week 2014: 9.61Berkeley Summer 2014: 7.93BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 8.76Berkeley Fall 2014: 8.03BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 9.57Berkeley Spring 2015: 8.71Taiwan Cubing League - Taipei 2015: 8.39BASC 7 2015: 8.38Berkeley Summer 2015: 8.69Berkeley Fall 2015: 9.11Berkeley Winter 2016: 8.62Berkeley Spring 2016: 9.28Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 9.27Berkeley Fall 2016: 9.65Armin Open 2017: 7.62Berkeley Spring 2017: 8.56Berkeley Summer 2017: 8.92CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 10.017.6216.5925 Aug 200715 Jun 2018

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.

  • Riley Woo — met in 276 rounds, finished ahead 134 times
  • Mitchell Lane — met in 247 rounds, finished ahead 118 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 243 rounds, finished ahead 174 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.