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Kenneth Lu

3×3 · top 35.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012LUKE01

Kenneth Lu has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.33, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 35.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,607th in the United States. Across 37 competitions since September 2012, he has put 195 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:06.69 in September 2012 to 18.33, a 73% improvement. Kenneth has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.1% of 284,439 all-time
18.33
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
195
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.3322.60
top 35.1%19,607 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves68 moves—
early days — 1 solve2,010 / 2,040

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

Berkeley Fall 2012: 1:06.69Berkeley Summer 2013: 42.28Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 44.53Berkeley Fall 2013: 40.72Houston Winter Open 2014: 35.66Berkeley Winter 2014: 34.65Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 33.15BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 37.61US Nationals 2014: 37.51Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 28.54BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 30.81SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 37.97TCG & Friends 2015: 36.17World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 32.73US Nationals 2015: 30.71Cubing at SkillCon 2015: 31.30US Nationals 2016: 28.29Berkeley Summer 2016: 29.33Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 27.61Berkeley Fall 2016: 30.53Skillcon 2016: 30.23Armin Open 2017: 25.87Berkeley Winter 2017: 30.67CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 30.06World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 27.66Berkeley Fall 2017: 31.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 27.54CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 27.08CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 23.91Cubing in the Redwoods 2018: 26.27Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 23.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 29.80Berkeley Spring 2019: 24.76Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 20.66WCA World Championship 2019: 18.33CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 23.22Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 19.4318.331:06.692 Sep 201221 Dec 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Shelley Chang — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Riley Woo — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ryan Jew — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.