People · United States
Edison Lu
3×3 · top 2.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025LUED01
Edison Lu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.81, set at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,487th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 58 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.56 in October 2025 to 7.81, a 26% improvement. Edison has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.81 | 10.03 | top 2.5% | 1,487 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.23 | 7.90 | top 4.4% | 1,184 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 8.11 | top 17.7% | 2,832 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 49.94 | 53.28 | top 24.8% | 3,830 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.56 | 1:45.49 | top 32.0% | 2,554 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.95 | 1:59.77 | top 41.6% | 3,092 / 8,026 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 7.81 at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Space City Fall TX 2025. A 12.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Ian Kleppinger — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kyumin Shim (심규민) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jazer Farley — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.