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Keyao Lu (鲁克尧)

2×2 · top 9.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019LUKE01

Keyao Lu (鲁克尧) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,403rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2019, he has put 88 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.59 in May 2019 to 2.55, a 29% improvement. Keyao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.55
signature single · China Championship 2019
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.553.24
top 9.4%1,403 / 15,796
Skewb4.637.74
top 15.4%953 / 5,004
Pyraminx9.4410.68
top 48.5%5,126 / 10,224
3×337.2041.33
top 73.5%21,456 / 28,153

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

Tangshan Open 2019: 3.59Linfen Open 2019: 3.01Heze Open 2019: 2.80China Championship 2019: 2.55Shandong Open 2019: 2.912.553.5919 May 20194 Oct 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.