People · Australia
Daniel Lu
3×3 · top 12.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LUDA01
Daniel Lu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.56, set at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,120th in Australia. Across 8 competitions since January 2023, he has put 165 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.27 in January 2023 to 11.56, a 74% improvement. Daniel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.56 | 14.00 | top 12.4% | 1,120 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 4.62 | top 12.6% | 981 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.16 | 7.95 | top 21.2% | 1,067 / 6,109 | |
| Square-1 | 28.63 | 53.63 | top 46.9% | 465 / 920 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.71 | — | top 53.2% | 674 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.87 | — | top 56.7% | 1,594 / 3,108 | |
| Skewb | 10.76 | 12.96 | top 59.5% | 2,005 / 3,589 | |
| Clock | 18.33 | 20.97 | top 59.8% | 658 / 1,159 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.90 | 55.43 | top 71.5% | 1,725 / 2,685 | |
| 5×5 | 3:51.25 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,346 / 1,412 |
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
- 27 Sep 2026First sub-15 3×3: 11.56 at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026.
- 24 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 15.78 at Try Cubing Hobart 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Try Cubing Hobart 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 22.40 at Melbourne Cube Days 2023.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Try Cubing Hobart 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Rudakov — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Myles Jarman — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.