People · China
Di Lu (卢迪)
Pyraminx · top 4.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016LUDI01
Di Lu (卢迪) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.10, set at Taiyuan Winter 2018, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 477th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2016, he has put 632 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.28 in November 2016 to 9.86, a 31% improvement. Di has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.10 | 4.84 | top 4.0% | 477 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.86 | 12.56 | top 7.1% | 2,749 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.54 | 6.04 | top 8.0% | 454 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 39.33 | 50.28 | top 11.3% | 1,206 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.81 | 26.25 | top 20.0% | 1,998 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 3.75 | top 20.1% | 3,294 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.68 | 1:42.18 | top 29.3% | 881 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.45 | 1:43.55 | top 32.6% | 1,475 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 12.23 | 15.17 | top 36.1% | 860 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 3:23.15 | 3:49.25 | top 51.9% | 977 / 1,349 | |
| Square-1 | 32.56 | 42.23 | top 54.3% | 929 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | 50.67 | top 62.5% | 737 / 1,058 | |
| 7×7 | 5:41.03 | 5:51.29 | top 62.8% | 1,035 / 1,261 |
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
- 30 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Shijiazhuang Open 2019.
- 3 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 30 Dec 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Malaysian Cube Championship 2017.
- 14 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at XPU Open 2017.
- 5 Oct 2017Ten personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
- 20 Nov 2016First competition: Taiyuan Winter Open 2016. A 14.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019
- Shijiazhuang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysian Cube Championship 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Dalian Winter 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 10 personal bests set
- Shenyang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2016 · 10 Dec 2016
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hongda Li (李洪达) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 29 times · head to head
- Chen Kang (亢晨) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.