People · New Zealand
Eric Lu
Skewb · top 9.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LUER01
Eric Lu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.73, set at NZ North Island Championship 2023, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 84th in New Zealand. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2023, he has put 143 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.76 in October 2023 to 3.06, a 55% improvement. Eric 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.73 | 17.38 | top 9.1% | 84 / 666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 5.41 | top 14.9% | 284 / 1,615 | |
| Clock | 13.83 | 15.75 | top 43.1% | 150 / 303 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.97 | 12.01 | top 44.6% | 595 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 38.17 | 46.07 | top 74.7% | 1,630 / 2,095 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024.
- 27 Oct 2023First competition: NZ North Island Championship 2023.
Competitions
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Matariki Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 · 27 Oct 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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lachlan Gibson — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Levi Eyou — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.