People · United States
Lena Cui
2×2 · top 30.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015CUIL01
Lena Cui has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.30, set at US Nationals 2015, puts her in the top 30.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,066th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2015, she has put 40 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.23 in March 2015 to 21.04, a 30% improvement. Lena 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.30 | 10.80 | top 30.3% | 12,066 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 21.04 | 27.25 | top 42.8% | 24,512 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.96 | 1:02.03 | top 62.3% | 8,795 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:48.96 | — | early days — 1 solve | 18,265 / 19,072 |
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
- 28 Mar 2015First sub-30 3×3: 28.53 at Johns Hopkins Winter 2015.
- 7 Mar 2015First competition: River Hill Winter 2015. A 30.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015
- Slow n Steady Spring 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015
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 her.
- Kobe Balin — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Corey Sakowski — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as she improves.