People · China
Kepan Tu (涂可攀)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022TUKE01
Kepan Tu (涂可攀) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.15, set at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 554th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2022, he has put 584 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.30 in October 2022 to 7.15, a 37% improvement. Kepan has entered 18 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.15 | 10.35 | top 1.5% | 554 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.09 | 6.80 | top 4.0% | 484 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 3.77 | top 7.9% | 1,155 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 42.51 | 50.86 | top 15.2% | 1,666 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.13 | 1:24.67 | top 18.8% | 582 / 1,693 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 12.44 | top 18.9% | 1,183 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.49 | 25.91 | top 21.9% | 2,214 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.61 | 2:08.53 | top 38.9% | 1,784 / 2,857 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Móstoles Open 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Velilla Open 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Cabanillas del Campo Open 2023.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cabanillas del Campo Open 2023.
Competitions
- Falkirk Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026 · 1 Jul 2026
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Móstoles Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Getafe Continúa 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Velilla Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Las Tablas Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Cabanillas del Campo Open 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Madrid Norte Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- URJC Open 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Campeonato de España 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Fernando Granado Torres — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Santiago Borrego Verde — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.