People · China
Liming Lu (卢黎鸣)
Pyraminx · top 7.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LULI01
Liming Lu (卢黎鸣) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.90, set at ZUST Open 2017, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 848th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2016, he has put 210 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.43 in August 2016 to 11.08, a 33% improvement. Liming has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.90 | 5.91 | top 7.2% | 848 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.08 | 11.86 | top 10.7% | 4,189 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 4.72 | top 21.3% | 3,513 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.97 | 23.84 | top 23.2% | 2,311 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 6.82 | 10.99 | top 32.2% | 1,970 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 59.59 | 1:12.60 | top 36.0% | 3,553 / 5,926 | |
| Square-1 | 29.41 | 35.72 | top 48.3% | 823 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:01.50 | — | early days — 2 solves | 732 / 1,183 |
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
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2018.
- 10 Jun 2017Five personal bests in one day at ZUST Open 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at Shanghai Spring 2017.
- 16 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Nanjing Autumn 2016.
- 16 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2016.
- 6 Aug 2016First competition: Jinhua Open 2016. A 16.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xinwei Zhou (周欣伟) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yi Wang (王旖) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.