People · Australia
Elie Lu
3×3 · top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LUEL01
Elie Lu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.61, set at Puzzling Parramatta 2026, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,757th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, he has put 123 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.81 in May 2023 to 13.61, a 40% improvement. Elie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 13.61 | 15.53 | top 19.6% | 1,757 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 9.58 | top 22.5% | 1,125 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 6.82 | 13.39 | top 32.2% | 897 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.70 | 1:45.49 | top 35.0% | 437 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 59.51 | 1:02.02 | top 36.0% | 947 / 3,051 | |
| 2×2 | 5.30 | 6.47 | top 43.0% | 3,380 / 8,567 | |
| Clock | 18.78 | 25.65 | top 61.1% | 630 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.35 | 41.98 | top 61.4% | 1,455 / 2,659 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 16 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 10 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at Simple Sydney Sunday 2023.
- 21 May 2023First competition: Marrickville Mega May Open 2023. A 22.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Parramatta 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 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.
- Peri Le Dain — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Edward Rust — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Miles Irwin — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.