People · Australia
Lixin Kevin Lu
3×3 · top 45.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LULI01
Lixin Kevin Lu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.88, set at Adelaide Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 45.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,648th in Australia. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 113 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.50 in March 2025 to 21.88, a 35% improvement. Lixin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 21.88 | 27.43 | top 45.2% | 4,648 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 6.95 | 12.71 | top 60.0% | 4,890 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.84 | 15.62 | top 66.2% | 4,031 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 19.87 | 32.13 | top 89.5% | 3,221 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:14.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,413 / 2,685 | |
| Clock | 45.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,114 / 1,159 | |
| 4×4 | 2:59.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,070 / 3,108 |
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 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025.
- 17 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.31 at Kubing in Klemzig 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at SA State Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: All Welcome Adelaide 2025. A 33.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Adelaide Spring 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Autumn 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Marino Madness 2025 · 30 Nov 2025
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kubing in Klemzig 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SA State Championship 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- All Welcome Adelaide 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Felix Williams — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dallas McNeil — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nguyen Canh Tien Vinh — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.