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Lu Liu (刘路)

3×3 · top 26.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013LIUL03

Lu Liu (刘路) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.59, set at Shenzhen New Year 2017, puts him in the top 26.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,888th in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2013, he has put 52 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.88 in August 2013 to 15.59, a 13% improvement. Lu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.4% of 284,439 all-time
15.59
signature single · Shenzhen New Year 2017
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.5918.38
top 26.4%9,888 / 28,153
2×25.357.28
top 43.6%7,505 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.7814.41
top 58.9%6,084 / 10,224

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

Wuxi Open 2013: 17.88Nanjing Spring 2016: 18.99Suzhou Open 2016: 16.34Shenzhen New Year 2017: 15.59Shenzhen Open 2018: 18.22Lanzhou Spring 2019: 20.9815.5920.9817 Aug 201311 May 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 17 Aug 2013First competition: Wuxi Open 2013. A 17.88 3×3 single to start from.

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 0.59 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.