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Dan Lu

3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LUDA01

Dan Lu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.11, set at Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,698th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since May 2016, he has put 578 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.02 in May 2016 to 8.11, a 49% improvement. Dan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.11
signature single · Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025
578
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.119.86
top 3.0%1,698 / 59,724
2×22.133.94
top 5.7%2,260 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.7724.79
top 12.0%1,563 / 15,683
4×447.3556.06
top 21.3%3,235 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.3411.57
top 39.2%11,189 / 28,708
Skewb9.9215.86
top 54.5%9,871 / 18,907

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

Big Apple Spring 2016: 16.02New York City Summer 2016: 11.89Princeton Fall 2016: 14.32Big Cube Bash 2017: 12.16Rutgers Spring 2018: 12.72North Plainfield Open 2018: 13.53Ridge Cubing 2019: 11.09Ridge Cubing Fall 2019: 11.15Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023: 10.24NJIT Spring 2023: 9.28PBs in Palisades 2023: 9.78North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023: 9.70Warwick Cube Day 2023: 10.95Jay House of Cubes 2023: 9.74Newark's On Track 2023: 9.50Princeton Fall 2023: 9.95Manhattan Mini B 2023: 10.73Parsippany Mini PM 2024: 9.56NYU Winter 2024: 10.17Newark Academy Spring 2024: 10.23Rutgers Winter 2025: 9.78Flushing Glow Open PM 2025: 8.46Liberty Science Center Open A 2025: 9.07NYU Spring 2025: 9.12American Dream NJ 2025: 9.48Summit Summer 2025: 9.51Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.97Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025: 8.11NYU Spring 2026: 9.80New Providence Spring PM 2026: 9.548.1116.0221 May 201618 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.