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Mingda Lu (陆明达)

3×3 · top 33.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009LUMI01

Mingda Lu (陆明达) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.63, set at Guangdong Open 2010, puts him in the top 33.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,903rd in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2009, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.77 in August 2009 to 17.63, a 15% improvement. Mingda has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.63
signature single · Guangdong Open 2010
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.6321.66
top 33.0%11,903 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed45.461:03.75
top 72.1%5,412 / 5,922
2×210.2114.35
top 78.7%12,717 / 15,796

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

Shenzhen Summer Open 2009: 20.77Guangdong Open 2009: 19.25Guangdong Open 2010: 17.6317.6320.7722 Aug 20093 Oct 2010

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 2.63 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 5.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.