Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Lingchao Lu (卢凌超)

People · China

Lingchao Lu (卢凌超)

3×3 · top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014LULI01

Lingchao Lu (卢凌超) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.02, set at Shenzhen Open 2015, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,336th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2014, he has put 46 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.12 in August 2014 to 16.02, a 16% improvement. Lingchao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.02
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2015
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.0218.51
top 27.9%10,336 / 28,153
2×24.937.73
top 38.4%6,639 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed29.2137.42
top 44.8%3,997 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.0114.31
top 44.9%4,781 / 10,224
Skewb30.27
early days — 2 solves4,856 / 5,004

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

Shantou Open 2014: 19.12Guangdong Open 2014: 22.77Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 18.96Shenzhen Open 2015: 16.0216.0222.773 Aug 201412 Jul 2015

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.