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Lalei Yu (余拉雷)

3×3 · top 40.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008YULA01

Lalei Yu (余拉雷) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.28, set at Nanjing Open 2008, puts him in the top 40.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,937th in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2008, he has put 67 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.25 in May 2008 to 20.28, a 41% improvement. Lalei has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.7% of 284,439 all-time
20.28
signature single · Nanjing Open 2008
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.2825.18
top 40.7%13,937 / 28,153
2×27.8814.82
top 67.0%11,074 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed47.8456.81
top 74.7%5,525 / 5,922
4×41:59.972:37.54
top 81.7%5,688 / 5,926
Square-11:18.061:22.16
top 92.1%1,344 / 1,362
5×56:06.27
early days — 1 solve2,818 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded11:33.00
early days — 1 solve1,186 / 1,183
Megaminx7:54.058:20.00
early days — 3 solves1,685 / 1,678

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

Beijing Spring Open 2008: 34.25Shanghai Open 2008: 25.31Nanjing Open 2008: 20.2820.2834.252 May 200814 Dec 2008

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.